oil tanker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of oil tanker
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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The week before the captain of the Aquatravesia oil tanker arrived in Southern California must have been stressful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Therefore, Brent oil futures stand to gain the most in coming days if oil tanker traffic through the strait declines sharply,” the analyst added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Among the outbound 14 vessels were a South Korea-flagged container ship and a Liberia-flagged massive oil tanker, signaling “that market confidence in the viability of the passage is beginning to return,” Windward said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Pressure on consumers might ease after the Strait of Hormuz is fully reopened for oil tanker transit.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Hulls lay like chunks of cleavered fish: a conning tower here, a crew quarters there, the prow of an oil tanker pointing straight up to the sky.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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