cruise ship
Americannoun
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cruise ships
plural
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Etymology
Origin of cruise ship
First recorded in 1715–25
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In Bulgaria, a cruise ship got stuck on a sandbank on the Danube.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The couple met seven years ago on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship, where they were working as aquatic performers.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
On a spring morning, just off the coast of Portland, Maine, a Holland America cruise ship slid by, looming over the Lucky Catch, a 37-foot-long lobster boat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, declared over on Thursday, also shows "danger can emerge from anywhere, at any time, in ways we don't always expect".
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
There are two fathers and three daughters standing at the top of a sizable cruise ship, smiling up to an invisible camera.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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