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Carnival Cruise Line shares the truth on its 'iceberg' incident

Aiken Standard 16 Sep 2024
"A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea," is the Dictionary.com definition ... Carnival ship gets stuck at sea, Disney shares vital reminder ... Carnival cruise ship from Seattle hits iceberg in Alaska.".
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NUISANCE ON ROADS

Dawn 11 Sep 2024
NUISANCE ON ROADS. The dictionary describes container as a portable compartment in which freight is placed (as on a train or ship) for convenience of movement. Pakistani government some- ... The box, ironically, is used the world over to boost trade ... Pasha.
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Hike of the week: A tough climb up East County’s historic Dictionary Hill

San Diego Union-Tribune 26 Aug 2024
... would reportedly hike to the top of the roughly 1,000-foot peak — then called Lookout Mountain — to watch for ships arriving in San Diego, according to the Dictionary Hill Open Space Advocates.
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Soap Box Derby has been missing from Salem. Why is that?

Statesman Journal 15 Jun 2024
The question ... But first, a little history ... …” ... None of the 300 names reviewed satisfied the group, so Scott went home and searched the C section of the dictionary, stopping at the definition of "corvette" — a speedy pursuit ship in the British navy.
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Why are flags at half-staff? Peace Officers Memorial Day is May 15

The Gleaner 14 May 2024
Flags flying at half-staff in Colorado. What to know ... The U.S ... Absolutely ... Kentucky Gov ... Peace Officers Memorial Day is May 15 ... The website states "half-mast" is the preferred term by dictionaries and seems more appropriate at sea (as ships have masts).
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Dan Rodricks: Dining on an invasive species and other matters you never asked for | ...

Baltimore Sun 12 Apr 2024
“Collision” is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as “the violent encounter of a moving object with another.” Given what happened — a moving container ship struck a stationary bridge — maybe “allision” should be pulled from obsolescence.
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Ozarks sailor was blown overboard by jet exhaust during Vietnam War, retired officer says

Springfield News-Leader 27 Feb 2024
“Right off the back of the ship ... A history of the USS Enterprise VIII is available through the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index on the Naval History and Heritage Command website. The ship history confirms Davis’ story about Peterman.
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What is a Clipper? NBA fans question LA's new ship logo from rebranding announcement

Sportingnews 26 Feb 2024
A clipper, or clipper ship, is "a sailing ship built and rigged for speed, especially a type of three-masted ship with a fast hull form and a lofty rig," according to Dictionary.com ... of a clipper ship.
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Xeneta: ‘Cause and effect’. Red Sea surcharges and the power of uncertainty

Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide 23 Feb 2024
If an example were needed to sit underneath this dictionary ...
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OPINION Bevacqua: 10 years of Lukao Fuha

Guam Pacific Daily News 08 Feb 2024
One of his officers did take the time to create the first known CHamoru dictionary, featuring 67 words, but then they too simply left. At different points, there would be ships, primarily Spanish, but ...
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The Woman Fighting Russia’s Carceral State

The Atlantic 11 Jan 2024
... place.” So Evgenia, a professional translator and interpreter, shipped boxes of dictionaries across the Atlantic and continued her work in the U.S., where she and Vladimir’s three children were born.
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Local entrepreneurial women taste success with launch of new Lodestar whiskey brand

Santa Monica Daily Press 30 Nov 2023
According to Axster, they chose the name Lodestar because of its dual definition in the dictionary. It is both “a star that’s used to guide the course of a ship, especially the Pole Star” and “a person ...
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Ever ‘shipped’ anyone? You can thank ‘The X-Files’ for that

CNN 10 Sep 2023
It’s now a commonly used word in fan culture and recognized by multiple dictionaries. “Whenever I see people online using the word ‘shippers’ or ‘shipping this couple or that couple,’ I feel a sense of ...
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Anthropogeography | Athens | To July 30

Ekathimerini 26 Jul 2023
His paintings depict hybrid anthropogeography, where creatures emerge on worn-out dictionary pages, ship maps, and wood ...
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Voices/Debra Karplus | If I ruled the word

The News-Gazette 29 May 2023
Perusing the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, I stumble upon the word “qivuit” (wool of a musk ox) ... The Scrabble dictionary was first published in 1978 ... I’m curious if words are ever removed from the dictionary.

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