Thesaurus results for CRUISER

cruiser

noun

Definition of cruiser

as in runabout

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as in corvette

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Recent Examples of cruiser In the first video shared by the cruiser, the woman can be seen aggressively scratching her foot with her hand before reaching to pick up her food and eat it. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026 The officers also saw that the windshield of a cruiser had been hit by a bullet. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 16 July 2026 Yellow evidence markers charted at least 28 shells from the exchange of gunfire, most of them clustered around the driver’s side door of Heflin’s cruiser. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2026 No injuries were reported, but Bartletto quickly got the attention of a group of officers, members of an NYPD Mobile Force Command, sitting in an unmarked cruiser a short distance from the shooting. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for cruiser

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Noun

Fiat is expanding its North American lineup with the launch of the all-electric Topolino, a pint-sized two-seat runabout that starts at $13,995.

— Josh Max, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
This family yard has spent the past decade proving its knack for reinterpreting the world’s most beautiful runabout forms.

— Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 16 June 2026

Definition of runabout

Noun

Zelenskyy, who did not mention grain terminals, said Russia's Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov frigates, a large landing ship, a corvette, and other vessels were struck in the attack.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026
Its Russian captain allegedly acted on Russian intelligence and a Russian corvette ran reconnaissance.

— Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of corvette

Noun

Among them was Jorge Sevilla, who spent part of his day scooping water out of his sedan, one cup at a time.

— Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
The sedan also packs the Xiao Yao Zhi Xing driver-assist suite powered by Momenta, utilizing LiDAR, millimeter-wave radar, 360-degree cameras, and ultrasonic sensors.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of sedan

Noun

The incident was due to an engineering failure aboard the warship, the US 7th Fleet said in a statement to CNN, another setback as concerns mount over the heavy strain on the US Navy due to the Iran war and global commitments.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
The advanced warship features next-generation technologies such as electromagnetic systems and dual nuclear reactors, with delivery anticipated in 2027.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of warship

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Police officials have released few details about what may have caused the 49-foot cabin cruiser to capsize with 20 people on board.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
The incident follows the death of a 26-year-old woman after a 33-foot cabin cruiser motorboat collided with a smaller boat on Lake Michigan, leaving four injured.

— Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of cabin cruiser

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The ship is similar in size and capacity to the Sanchi, an Iranian ship that collided with a freighter off China in 2018 in the world’s worst oil tanker disaster in decades.

— Reuters, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026
Ground handling and tarmac loading have fully resumed, though flight schedules will require another 24-to-48 hours to clear passenger and freighter backlogs.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of freighter

Noun

Petersburg area, include the 108-foot Sunseeker Casino Royale, the Buddy Davis sportfisherman Permit, and the racing sailing yacht En Garde.

— Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2023
Every few minutes a big sportfisherman or ferry churned up deep-troughed wake, over which the boat floated level like a duck.

— Dan Neil, WSJ, 28 June 2018

Definition of sportfisherman

Noun

The barge clearance level at Kaub on the Rhine, a key chokepoint for river shipments to southern Germany and Switzerland, continues to drop.

— Bloomberg, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
In other parts of the route, the road drops close enough to the river so that drivers can watch barge traffic on the Mississippi.

— Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2026

Definition of barge

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