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
A carrier strike group led by the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier was steaming from south-east Asia to join another strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson, already in the Gulf.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025
It’s the first arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in South Korea in six months since the USS Nimitz docked at Busan in late March, the statement said.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023
He went over basic strategy, how to read the keys for the six sweep and the ten tackle trap and the waggle at eight, what to do depending on how Nimitz lined up on offense.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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