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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
The empty stern, which is unusual for a merchant ship jam-packed with cargo.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 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 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, 26 Apr. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
The empty stern, which is unusual for a merchant ship jam-packed with cargo.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 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 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, 26 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for merchant ship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchant ship
Noun
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The presence of the Ohio—designed to launch up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles—follows China's deployment of its most advanced aircraft carrier, CNS Fujian, in the South China Sea for testing and training.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The only other aircraft carrier in the world that has the EMALS system is the US Navy’s newest carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, which was certified for flight deck operations using the EMALS system in the spring of 2022.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The wind traders are teased throughout the new trailer in what appear to be large flying apparatus.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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To be sure, this could just be a case of traders booking gains after a sharp move higher in a stock.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
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The 410-foot-long, 72-year-old ship offers the largest cross-lake passenger service on the Great Lakes and an authentic steamship experience, its website says.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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So Gabriela and her companion set off on a steamship headed to Altamira.—
Mia Sosa,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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But the true spectacle, his essence, is watching Hardy barge to an absurd-but-revealing 485 yards after contact and what that’s creating.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 Sep. 2025
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Shell said the project is needed because of infrastructure growth in the region, such as the Interstate 49 expansion, which will lead to an increase in barge traffic.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Sep. 2025
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Always empty the reservoir after using the steamer.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
23 Sep. 2025
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Nearby lies the Francisco Morazán, a 247-foot-long freighter that smashed into rocks during a 1922 snowstorm; on the same tank, divers can drop by the Walter L. Frost, a wooden steamer that ran aground in 1903, and watch for cold-water fish that congregate on the wrecks, such as eel-like burbots.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Running a day late, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo freighter pulled alongside the International Space Station on Thursday, delivering more than 5 tons of supplies and experiments to the lab's seven-person crew.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Cygnus team overcame that problem, however, and got the freighter on track for a one-day-late rendezvous.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The three men were inside a transport van.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Sep. 2025
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The Mann Act criminalizes the transport of a person across state lines for the purpose of prostitution.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Sep. 2025
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Plants were piling up sodium sulfate while importing caustic soda and other reagents by the tanker.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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Other agencies would also be involved in trying to determine whether the company that owned the tanker had complied with regulations.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Merchant ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchant%20ship. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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