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Word: snorkels (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

Five days later, sonar operators made the second hard contact, but an attack only sent the intruder to 420 ft., well beyond the 300-ft. range of the Argentine depth charges. On the eighth day, radar spotted a sub, or its snorkel, above the surface. The target dived to 540 ft., but the pursuers heard a sound like hammering for the next two days, possibly indicating damage being repaired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: The Ping in Golfo Nuevo | 2/22/1960 | See Source »

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