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warship

[wawr-ship] / ˈwɔrˌʃɪp /


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And on Tuesday Denmark also accused a Russian warship of firing two emergency flares at one of its helicopters while it was tracking the vessel in the Baltic Sea.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice in the last two days.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

One day later, Iran took aim at another warship.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

The deployment follows the introduction of a warship of the same class located off North Korea’s west coast.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Elizebeth also had to search for signs of hostile actions—anything from a foreign warship laying mines to submarines behaving strangely off the American coastline.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

At a community meeting last month, US officials explained the port's benefits by showing images of cruise ships, not warships.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Barbin said this was "not the first time that Danish Air Force helicopters have carried out dangerous manoeuvres near Russian warships".

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

A third Marine Expeditionary Unit is preparing to deploy to the region this fall, a U.S. official said, signaling a continuing rotation of the amphibious units that operate from a group of warships.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

"That uncertainty at leadership levels has downstream effects on the force," added Duffy, who had a 30-year career and commanded US warships before joining the White House during the second Obama administration.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

As the funeral train left Washington for Cleveland, warships in the Navy Yard fired their guns and bells in the city's churches and schools rang.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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