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The arrival of blue-and-white porcelain in Europe some 500 years ago (first as ballast on merchant ships from China) ignited an obsession with the exotic.—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025 The area’s unpredictable depths have also meant that, over the centuries, merchant ships and explorers tended to avoid these waters.—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025 As noted in a 2016 Smithsonian report, merchant ships clad with the dazzle pattern during the war were reportedly granted lower insurance premiums.—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025 The kit campaign is to alert soccer fans and the public about the environmental crisis caused by the algae, that has most likely arrived in Spanish waters through the ballast waters of merchant ships.—Claire Poole, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for merchant ship
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