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Recent Examples of merchant ship
One became a merchant ship navigator in 1918.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
Over the course of its full deployment from September 2024 through May 2025, the carrier strike group had a friendly fire incident in December — when a Navy destroyer launched missiles at two F-18s — a collision with a merchant ship in February and lost two F-18s, one in April and another in May.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
A number of ancient shipwrecks have been discovered in the Mediterranean Sea, with 2,000-year-old Roman terracotta jars found in the remains of a ship found off the coast of Italy in 2023, a Greek merchant ship discovered in 2018 off the Bulgarian coast and dozens more.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Maritime evidence includes a merchant ship, stone anchors, and what officials described as a harbour crane, clustered near a 125-metre dock that the antiquities ministry said served as a harbour for small boats until the Byzantine period.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
Over the course of its full deployment from September 2024 through May 2025, the carrier strike group had a friendly fire incident in December — when a Navy destroyer launched missiles at two F-18s — a collision with a merchant ship in February and lost two F-18s, one in April and another in May.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
A number of ancient shipwrecks have been discovered in the Mediterranean Sea, with 2,000-year-old Roman terracotta jars found in the remains of a ship found off the coast of Italy in 2023, a Greek merchant ship discovered in 2018 off the Bulgarian coast and dozens more.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Maritime evidence includes a merchant ship, stone anchors, and what officials described as a harbour crane, clustered near a 125-metre dock that the antiquities ministry said served as a harbour for small boats until the Byzantine period.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchant ship
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But the few concrete actions the prime minister has sought to take, such as the deployment of a British aircraft carrier, have taken far longer to implement than expected and have signaled a military unequipped to respond efficiently to threats.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Tripoli is an amphibious assault ship that functions essentially as a small aircraft carrier.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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After a dramatic Easter weekend for the war in Iran—downed American fighter jets, a daring rescue behind enemy lines, and strikes on universities and petrochemical plants—traders hesitated at Monday’s opening bell.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
6 Apr. 2026
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Bloomberg reported last month that xAI had posted a job listing looking for Wall Street bankers, portfolio managers, traders, and credit analysts to help teach the tool about the world of financial services.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
5 Apr. 2026
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There was no direct overland route, so cross-country mail got routed via steamship around South America.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026
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Victor Rillet, a 21-year-old Frenchman, disembarked the steamship Washington in New York in October 1864, carrying the kind of optimism that fuels both great innovation and spectacular disappointment.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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On Wednesday, Lorenzo Palomares, the attorney for the company that owns the barge, said Insua was a good employee.—
April 3,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Malin Augustea barge has been used for frigate float-off operations for both HMS Active and the first ship in the Type 31 class, HMS Venturer.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Apr. 2026
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Dixon recommends a handheld steamer as an alternative.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
2 Apr. 2026
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Not everyone wants to travel with a portable steamer or trust notoriously finicky hotel irons to smooth out their clothing, so investing in wrinkle-free materials from the jump is a great way to cut down the obstacles between you and a day out enjoying your vacation.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Apr. 2026
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García said mining areas in Bolívar state remain under the control of organizations such as gangs such as Tren de Aragua and Tren de Guayana and ELN guerrillas, which operate across different mines and control workers, transport routes and processing centers.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Water transport is about to get its greatest upgrade ever,.—
Omar Kardoudi
April 09,
New Atlas,
9 Apr. 2026
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The 287-foot freighter was intentionally sunk to create an artificial reef in 1985.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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In this screenshot from one of the live cameras aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the new Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL freighter is being jettisoned away from the station.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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The tanker is believed to have carried approximately 9,000 gallons of gasoline during the crash.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Apr. 2026
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In 1990, a tanker ship ran over its own anchor; a quarter century later, a pipeline on land ruptured, sending a river of oil straight to the sea.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Merchant ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchant%20ship. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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