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Recent Examples of lightship
The clapboard houses, lightship baskets, and roses climbing up the side of Sconset roofs inspired a sense of permanence.
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William D. Cohan, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
From there, walk up India Street to Four Winds Craft Guild and admire — and perhaps purchase — artisanal lightship baskets.
—New York Times, 31 July 2025
Benjamin Stone: Serving from 1937 to 1941, Stone was the keeper when the U.S. Lighthouse Service was disbanded and all lighthouses and lightships were placed under the supervision of the Coast Guard.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2025
Privately, Peterson believed that the Valencia was likely past the lightship, nearing the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
—Longreads, 4 May 2023
Outside, visitors can tour the lightship Columbia, which for three decades helped ships cross the Columbia Bar.
—oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2020
All this means that the charming Bajoran lightship that Captain Sisko builds on Star Trek: Deep Space 9, depicted in the show as a medieval construction of metal and wood, is only feasible if the Bajoran sun were powerful enough to probably incinerate the entire space station in the first place.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 22 Oct. 2020
The lightship is safely docked in the water, only minutes away from the city center.
—Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightship
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Holding a drone show in its place would not require a barge and would cost $80,000 to $100,000, said Amy Jean-Baptiste, the city Parks and Recreation Deputy Director.—
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The wreck of a colossal oil barge is home to some of the bay's most stunning marine life.—
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As the ship’s pilot, Smalls took charge and ordered the crew to light the fires that fueled the steamship.—
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The steamship was capable of carrying over 1,100 passengers and crew.—
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Hold the steamer at least 6 inches from the fabric until the fabric is damp.—
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Lastly, a steamer with window/glass attachment is a must.—
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The freighter arrived in the United Kingdom at the port of Felixstowe just 20 days later—successfully launching the first-ever Arctic commercial-container route from Asia to Europe.—
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The Edmund Fitzgerald, once a record-setting freighter on the Great Lakes, sank in a November storm in 1975, taking all 29 crew members with her.—
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They were transported to the USS Iwo Jima warship before being flown to New York to face criminal charges.—
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Colorado’s struggles with the power play has been a season-long theme, the one leak in a warship that has dominated opponents in all other phases.—
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These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.—
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The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.—
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Putin is yet to comment on the developments related to the tanker, which the US had previously sanctioned for carrying illicit Iranian oil.—
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Fox News was first to report that SEALs seized the tanker.—
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McKinney’s Bloem collier was the centerpiece, an asymmetrical botanical design.—
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Emory, who lives about a half-hour from the forge, was able to trace her ancestry to Robert Patterson, a free African American with ties to Catoctin who worked as a collier, producing the charcoal used to run furnaces, and who also owned a farm.—
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“Lightship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightship. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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