ocean liner
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ocean liner
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
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In 1939, the German ocean liner, which was carrying Jewish refugees, was turned away by the United States.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Passage to the New World via ocean liner was not cheap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
"You enjoyed being on a huge ocean liner like that, and the life it afforded while you were on there," Larter, now 85, tells BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
Part essay film, part noirish sci-fi-fantasy set aboard an ocean liner, the film is also a chapter of an ongoing project that wraps together the past, present and future of Black history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
At Pier 41 the transpacific ocean liner President Madison snapped her hawsers and careened into the steamboat Harvester, sinking her.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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