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Yelchin stopped by the MTV studios this week and had some eye-opening things to say about the film's ending, cameos from past "Trek" actors, whether he'll deliver Chekov's "nuclear wessels" line, and the revolutionary presence of "Enterprise aliens" working alongside humans on the ship.
Anton Yelchin Talks ‘Star Trek,’ Wessels and Enterprise Aliens » MTV Movies Blog 2008
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The Wessels was upclass my cousin was trying to support his family The wessels pretty much pushed him into the army. and he did what he had to to support his new family.
Whites Stick Together Nathaniel Livingston 2005
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Chekov added, "I don't think the Rigelians have many wessels like that."
Mind Meld Vornholt, John 1997
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As for the congregation, they are a complete set of chosen wessels together, and the more you blow 'em up, the better the wessels like it.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Various
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I vant to see a friend of mine who is living on vun of dese wessels.
The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays Or, The Sham Battles at Oak Farm Laura Lee Hope
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At Leonard's impatient gesture he added hastily, "Not that Hi believe in such things, sor, but Hi carn't 'elp but notice that hever'body on th' dock is alive, an 'hever'body on th' other two wessels is dead an 'gone, sor."
The Cruise of the Dry Dock T. S. Stribling 1923
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None on us knows nothin 'about things of that sort, and there isn't enough of Mr. Fullerton's wessels for one-half of our men.
A Dream of the North Sea James Runciman 1871
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Even Groggy Fox gave it as his opinion that there might be worse things after all in the world than "mission wessels!"
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"I've always understood," said Jack, sticking to his opinion, "that wessels floats by vartue of water, and not by vartue of air; and, that when the water gets on the wrong side on 'em, there's little hope left of keepin ''em up."
Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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From Spock's choice of a loose-fitting terrycloth dress, to the crew's simplistic "save the whales" mission, right down to Chekov's search for "nuclear wessels," the curse was ripe for breaking.
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