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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
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British newspaper The Times reported Chinese fighter jets performed simulated missile attacks on the warship HMS Richmond, and China’s warships also stalked the Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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President Barack Obama was known to attend basketball games, sitting courtside on multiple occasions – including the first-ever college basketball game played on an aircraft carrier – and attended multiple baseball games as well.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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But many traders and analysts noted a shift from the market-share battles of the last decade, when US shale was booming.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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But despite the sentiment that all is well in the economy, investors are flocking to the safe-haven asset of gold—usually a sign that traders are battening down the hatches.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
2 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,
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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Anemoi revealed that the sails were transported by barge and lifted directly onto the deck.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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In Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina, another company is marketing a 31-room floating hotel — resembling a converted barge — with stays from $270 a night.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Unlike most apple pie recipes, this one calls for the apples to be steamed in a steamer basket.—
Phoebe Evans,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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Save on a clothes steamer with more than 80,500 five-star ratings and this Warner’s wireless bra that reviewers agree is soft, supportive, and comfortable.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 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
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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 initial phase of the deployment includes a Marine air-ground task force aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima and two San Antonio-class transport ships, with more than 2,000 Marines prepared for rapid-response missions.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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In late August 2025, at Edwards Air Force Base in California, pilot Kirt Stallings sat suited up and ready to go inside a transport vehicle, mere moments from boarding NASA's high-altitude ER-2 aircraft.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The mission architecture included OOR, consisting of multiple tanker vehicles launched to service a refueling depot in LEO.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
25 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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