ocean liner
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ocean liner
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
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She has written Page One WSJ features on nuclear pacemakers, a damaged model of the Queen Mary ocean liner and abandoned Redbox movie vending machines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
He was as enthused about the set-free processes of making “Avatar” as he had been about building an ocean liner for “Titanic.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Band leader Wallace Hartley and his fellow musicians were all killed along with more than 1,500 others after the ocean liner hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic in 1912.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025
“It felt like an ocean liner hit the building,” said Marcos Aguilar, co-head of the K-12 charter school.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024
That same afternoon Blanca and Jean took the train to the port, where they boarded an English ocean liner.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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