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Recent Examples of merchant ship
At a meeting this month, the International Maritime Organization will be discussing potential changes to the safety code for nuclear merchant ships.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
Nearly 170 years ago, a Dutch merchant ship called the Koning Willem de Tweede sank off the coast of South Australia.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
In February, the carrier collided with a merchant ship near Port Said, Egypt, damaging the carrier and the commercial ship.
—Claire Moses, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The group has carried out over 100 attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea since the war in Gaza errupted in October 2023 after the Hamas attack on Israel.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
Nearly 170 years ago, a Dutch merchant ship called the Koning Willem de Tweede sank off the coast of South Australia.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
In February, the carrier collided with a merchant ship near Port Said, Egypt, damaging the carrier and the commercial ship.
—Claire Moses, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The group has carried out over 100 attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea since the war in Gaza errupted in October 2023 after the Hamas attack on Israel.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchant ship
Noun
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New satellite imagery has captured the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier docked at a port in Oman on the coast of the Arabian Sea.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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For his part, Law, who will premiere his own film this week, provided an excellently convincing argument in the fiery northern Mediterranean man-fashion white-dinner-jacket debate that a double-breasted’s peaked lapels should each properly be the dimension of an aircraft carrier deck.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The gap lower at the open is what most traders are watching.—
Jay Woods,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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An unwinding of pessimism amongst short-term option traders could help MU keep charging higher.—
Schaeffer's Investment Research,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And for those seeking British history, visit Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s SS Great Britain, a steamship created by the man who masterminded much of England’s most impressive infrastructure, including the railway from London to Bristol.—
Lottie Gross,
AFAR Media,
29 Aug. 2025
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The original film details a three-year surfing tour that Metz took between 1958 and 1961, a journey that involved steamship-hopping, hitchhiking, every other possible manner of transportation across Europe, Australia and Africa.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Other soybeans continue their journey to global markets, moving through the heartland by rail or barge to ports, then across oceans.—
Gary McGuigan,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The decommissioned Navy barge from the outside.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Unlike a traditional steamer, the Quuejenl steamer also has a dry function that performs tasks where an iron may be better suited, like creating delicate pleats or pressing shirt collars.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Bossel suggests using a steamer to blast seams, crevices, and furniture legs with sustained heat—10 to 30 seconds per section.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Daryl was able to get to France on a freighter.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Pepler — the great-great-great grandson of James Carruthers, the shipping executive after whom a sunken freighter was named — said the news that the missing ship was finally found overwhelmed him with a flood of emotions.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Larger than a simple car ferry but less formal than a traditional cruise ship, these vessels combine transport with leisure.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The company’s extraordinary rise from an upstart carmaker to a global force in sustainable energy and transport has been fueled by his relentless ambition and uncanny ability to attract capital.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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The proposal relies on Starship being refueled in low-Earth orbit by multiple Starship tanker launches.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
3 Sep. 2025
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The most recent mission on Tuesday lasted six hours and was not supported by an aerial refueling tanker.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Merchant ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchant%20ship. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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