Nimitz
Americannoun
noun
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The USS Nimitz had been deployed in the Middle East as part of the Pentagon’s response to attacks by Yemen-based Houthi rebels on commercial ships in the Red Sea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
A half-hour later, according to the Navy, a Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet crashed into the South China Sea, also "while conducting routine operations" from the USS Nimitz.
From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025
The Nimitz carries a contingent of fighter jets and is escorted by several guided missile destroyers.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025
The USS Nimitz sailed out of the Strait of Hormuz in November 2020 as the last American carrier in the Persian Gulf.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2023
Admiral Nimitz and the Navy were getting ready for the first attack on the Gilbert Islands, about 2,000 miles northeast of the Solomons.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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