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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
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
The merchant ship was also damaged, but no injuries were reported on either vessel, the Navy said following the collision near a crowded anchorage for ships transiting the canal.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 16 Feb. 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
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
The merchant ship was also damaged, but no injuries were reported on either vessel, the Navy said following the collision near a crowded anchorage for ships transiting the canal.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchant ship
Noun
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TheUSS, the Navy's newest and largest aircraft carrier, is en route to the southern Caribbean with all the aircraft and warships that accompany it.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Later that day, the entire team visited the USS Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, where hundreds of active-duty sailors observed the Chargers’ walk-through, participated in drills, met with players and coaches, and showed the team around the carrier.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Retail traders have quietly been emerging as the market's new smart money.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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Gunvor rose to prominence in the 2000s as the world’s biggest trader in Russian oil.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This is my mother’s story that cannot be deleted, this is her legit experiences on steamship of American democracy.—
Kevin Powell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 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,
6 Oct. 2025
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But efforts to drag the barge to the site via helicopter failed, with the icebreaker getting stuck in ice and mud.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The barge was carrying a large crane, stationed in front of the tugboat captain’s pilot house.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
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Forget the steamer in the bridal suite.—
Emily Mercer,
Footwear News,
24 Oct. 2025
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This 17-piece set includes eight pots and pans in varying sizes, along with their matching lids, as well as a steamer insert.—
Dena Ogden,
Southern Living,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The four crew members on board the plane, a Boeing 747 freighter, were rescued and sent to the hospital.—
Peter Guo,
NBC news,
20 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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These are especially useful for taking public transport, grabbing a quick coffee, or leaving a small tip at a restaurant.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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According to the team, the resultant materials, which include oxides of tungsten, titanium, and niobium, have high surface areas, stable crystalline grains, and regular pores—all essential for quick ion transport.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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No structural damage was done to the bridge after the fire involving a tanker carrying diesel, said the Ohio Department of Transportation.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
29 Oct. 2025
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The voyage comes eight years after a natural gas tanker transited the Northern Sea Route without an icebreaker, and signals growing strategic implications as ice coverage continues to shrink.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Merchant ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchant%20ship. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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