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Recent Examples of merchant ship
But the more likely culprit appears to be a Chinese merchant ship, said Elisabeth Braw in Foreign Policy (Washington).
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The Week Uk, theweek, 1 Dec. 2024
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In September 1679, a French trader and explorer arrived near Green Bay, Wisconsin, with his new merchant ship, Le Griffon.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
The movie takes place on a merchant ship bound for London and becomes a survival horror story as the crew starts getting laid to waste by a most surprising passenger hidden within the boxes below deck.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
And in November 2023, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group, launched an ongoing campaign of attacks on more than 100 merchant ships in the Red Sea, disrupting global trade and resulting in delays and cost increases for container shipping from Asia to Europe and North America.
—Mona Yacoubian, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2024
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The Week Uk, theweek, 1 Dec. 2024
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In September 1679, a French trader and explorer arrived near Green Bay, Wisconsin, with his new merchant ship, Le Griffon.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
The movie takes place on a merchant ship bound for London and becomes a survival horror story as the crew starts getting laid to waste by a most surprising passenger hidden within the boxes below deck.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
And in November 2023, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group, launched an ongoing campaign of attacks on more than 100 merchant ships in the Red Sea, disrupting global trade and resulting in delays and cost increases for container shipping from Asia to Europe and North America.
—Mona Yacoubian, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchant ship
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That’s why the country has two aircraft carriers and a hundred-billion-pound nuclear-weapons program, but the entire British Army could fit inside Manchester United’s soccer stadium, with a few seats to spare.—
Sam Knight,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Hours before the ceasefire in Gaza was announced Wednesday, Ansar Allah military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed the group targeted the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and other U.S. Navy ships operating in the Red Sea.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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Bitcoin and crypto prices have swung wildly this week as traders brace for U.S. president Donald Trump to drop a bitcoin price bombshell.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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According to Politico, Lighthizer would have been interested in the jobs of Treasury or Commerce Secretary, but those positions had gone to Wall Street insiders: the currency trader Scott Bessent got Treasury, and Commerce went to the major cryptocurrency investor Howard Lutnick.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2025
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In the years since then, with the arrival of steamships, airplanes, and modern cruise liners, millions of travelers worldwide have come to appreciate the beauty, climate, and people of the islands.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Dec. 2024
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The pistons, belts, and pulleys create the ambience of an engine room on a steamship, as clumps of fiber are separated and realigned into uniform fabric.—
Shane C Kurup,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Dec. 2024
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The company conceded that the goal of landing the rocket's reusable first stage booster on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean failed, after the booster was lost during reentry.—
Ivana Saric,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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Blue Origin, however, failed to meet its secondary goal of recovering the reusable booster stage of the rocket—which was supposed to land on a barge floating in the Atlantic but was lost during reentry.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Vegetables, chicken, shrimp, firm or extra-firm tofu, and eggs are all excellent choices for sautéing. Steam: This technique involves cooking food in a steamer basket by placing it over boiling water, allowing the steam to cook it gently.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
20 Jan. 2025
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His father joined Zionist interests in Baltimore, contributing $50,000 to help purchase the former Old Bay Line steamer President Warfield, which in 1947 was renamed the Exodus, and transported more than 4,000 Holocaust survivors from France to Palestine, before being attacked by the British Navy.—
Frederick N. Rasmussen,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2025
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All seven crew members aboard the freighter were Chinese nationals, the Taiwan coast guard said.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Freight can be moved by coastal freighters and barges.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2025
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Lymph fluid transports toxins, viral particles and more between the lymph nodes, where they are turned into cellular waste and transported to kidney and liver for bodily removal.—
Jessica Ourisman,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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On Wednesday, the Los Angeles County health officer issued an order to ensure the safe removal, transport and disposal of fire debris resulting from the wildfires.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Kevin McCullough, president of Aero Air, which also provides air tankers, sent some of its MD-87s to the Los Angeles fires.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2025
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The firefighters drew water from a tanker truck instead of a nearby hydrant.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Merchant ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchant%20ship. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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