Adjective : a mothball fleet. From Dictionary.com.
"The so-called mothball option is not leadership - I think it kicks the can down the road," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Columnist: Stephen Miller] Reference
St Germans 'mothball' fears over dwindling followers. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
Anger at plan to 'mothball' Cumbria university campus. From Wordnik.com. [News round-up] Reference
The University of Cumbria intends to 'mothball' its Ambleside campus from September. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Mail news round-up] Reference
The company said it plans to "mothball" 13 Fresh & Easy stores - six in Nevada, six in. From Wordnik.com. [ABC News: Top Stories] Reference
There's now speculation that Sitt's intention may be to "mothball" the boardwalk until the city meets his demands. From Wordnik.com. [DCist] Reference
The county also may have to "mothball" certain library branches until they come out of this budget crunch, she said. From Wordnik.com. [The Athens NEWS :: Athens, Ohio's only locally-owned newspaper :: Home] Reference
Similarly, owners can't easily or quickly 'mothball' their ships so any decrease in demand leads to an immediate decrease in price. From Wordnik.com. [Fool.co.uk - Headlines] Reference
Reading must be brought out of its 'mothball form. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Geana: The Necessary Quest for Readers] Reference
MR. MCCURRY: Are we going to mothball it after this?. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry At The Civic Center] Reference
Oh, and, folks on the East Coast, don't mothball those coats. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2005] Reference
The U.S. plans to mothball the aging Space Shuttle next year. From Wordnik.com. [The New Race for the Moon] Reference
Election commission to mothball part of new voting system LINK. From Wordnik.com. ['Daily Voting News' For September 26, 2006] Reference
North Korea is apparently set to mothball its nuclear programs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2007] Reference
Eskom uses the same pool of artisans to de-mothball power stations. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It plans to mothball a bunch of planes and reduce the number of flights. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2008] Reference
U.S. space agency NASA plans to mothball its entire Space Shuttle fleet by 2011. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: October 2008 Archives] Reference
Another is to mothball defense plants in such a way that they can be revived later. From Wordnik.com. [A Summit Surprise: Gorbachev's Radical Offer] Reference
The twin who was sickest had also been chewing half a mothball a day for two months. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: July 23, 2006 - July 29, 2006 Archives] Reference
Under the Tuscon Sun, next to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and the mothball air fleet. From Wordnik.com. [If Alaska were a city, it would be...] Reference
I pushed open the door, and the musty mothball smell brought back a lot of good memories. From Wordnik.com. [Lifeguard]
Lennar may be in a better position than others to mothball certain developments and land. From Wordnik.com. [Home Builders Opt for Mothballing] Reference
There is absolutely, positively no reason to mothball the grill over the colder holidays. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Eisendrath: Grilled Prime Rib for Christmas (or New Years, or...)] Reference
The U.S. Air Force could mothball at least half of its nuclear-toting B-1 and B-2 bombers. From Wordnik.com. [Let's Streamline The Armed Forces] Reference
Maybe it's about time to mothball 'demographic,' and do the world in terms of demo-active. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Diary: New: Rankings for most forwarded articles, diaries, polls, etc.] Reference
Sometimes we would mothball the facility, instead of just shutting it down or demo-ing it. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Our Government is Anti-Consumer] Reference
I haven't been in there in a year or two, but it always had a distinct mothball smell to it. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
My call: at some point in the next two weeks, McClown will mothball his Wisconsin operation. From Wordnik.com. [Here's That Nasty Attack Ad Suggesting Obama Doesn't Care If Babies Die] Reference
The three companies said they have no plans to mothball the plants mentioned by Mr. Earnest. From Wordnik.com. [Some Refineries Likely to Close as Demand Ebbs] Reference
Rather than match rivals 'price cuts, Lennar will mothball some Orange County, Calif., projects. From Wordnik.com. [Home Builders Opt for Mothballing] Reference
The night consisted of presidential debates and a stinky mothball room and rum and coconut water. From Wordnik.com. [Counterpart Workshop and the Treehouse] Reference
Any rise in demand is likely to coincide with the return of some of the mothball nickel production. From Wordnik.com. [Nickel Risks a Supply Squeeze] Reference
Next they wind him in mothball-scented stage curtains and pack layers of kapok over his heart and pulse points. From Wordnik.com. [Absolute Friends]
CHARLES CRAFT, BOEING MACHINIST: They're going to mothball the area, they're just going to shut four machines down. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2004] Reference
Both Brown and Cameron assailed Clegg as reckless for seeking to mothball Britain's Trident sea-based nuclear deterrent. From Wordnik.com. [In Round 2 on the televised debates, Clegg is the target] Reference
The current plan, fly the shuttles until 2010, then mothball them the moment the International Space Station is complete. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2004] Reference
HARRIGAN: Certainly it does take a lot of money to run these nuclear submarines, and even more money to mothball them afterwards. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Russian Navy: No Hope for Kursk Crew - August 19, 2000] Reference
Pyongyang must also mothball its long-range missiles, including the multistage Taepodong, which was test-fired over Japan last year. From Wordnik.com. [Behind The Closed Door, A Deal Is Born] Reference
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