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Recent Examples of merchant ship
The Federalists became outraged when the French government began seizing U.S. merchant ships in the Caribbean that were trading with Britain, which France was waging war against at that time.
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Daniel Tichenor, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Richard Henry Dana was a Boston Brahmin and a Harvard man who took to sea on an ordinary merchant ship.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
The arrival of blue-and-white porcelain in Europe some 500 years ago (first as ballast on merchant ships from China) ignited an obsession with the exotic.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
The area’s unpredictable depths have also meant that, over the centuries, merchant ships and explorers tended to avoid these waters.
—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Daniel Tichenor, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Richard Henry Dana was a Boston Brahmin and a Harvard man who took to sea on an ordinary merchant ship.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
The arrival of blue-and-white porcelain in Europe some 500 years ago (first as ballast on merchant ships from China) ignited an obsession with the exotic.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
The area’s unpredictable depths have also meant that, over the centuries, merchant ships and explorers tended to avoid these waters.
—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchant ship
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With 40,000 troops in the Middle East, the Pentagon has been bracing for a counterattack by sending an additional aircraft carrier strike group to the region and bolstering air defenses to protect troops in recent weeks following Israel’s ongoing attacks on Iran.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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Japan on Monday issued an update on China's operational aircraft carriers—the Liaoning and Shandong—deployed simultaneously to the Western Pacific.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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The bitcoin price has soared toward its all-time high of $112,000 per bitcoin, with traders betting a looming Federal Reserve flip will turbo-charge the crypto market.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Crude oil traders appear cautiously optimistic, though.—
Jim Sergent,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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En route to Milwaukee, one of the steamships, the Sultana, lost 42 Essex Super Six cars and sedans overboard.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
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On a stormy night in 1904, a steamship off the coast of Sydney, Australia, sank.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025
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The annual spectacle, lighting up the city since 1976, this time was launched from barges in the Hudson River, the first time in more than a decade not done from the East River.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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After a barge crashed into the restaurant in 2019, the main dining area sank and sent pieces onto the banks of the Ohio River with tables, chairs and umbrellas floating upriver.—
Hailey Roden,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Fortunately, clothes steamers take up less space and (usually) require less laborious work to achieve wrinkle-free results.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 June 2025
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Since the dawn of time, fashion lovers have been searching for ways to keep their breezy summer outfits from wrinkling without having to drag around a personal steamer.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
13 June 2025
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The company grew steadily over the next 50 years, buying its first seven Boeing 727s freighters after two years of lobbying led to Congress deregulating air cargo.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
22 June 2025
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This is no more outlandish than Carol’s flight to France by way of Greenland, or Daryl’s voyage on a massive freighter.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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These offer different levels of service, with the entry-level offering general lounge access and shared transport from the terminal to your commercial flight for a mere $1,095.—
Michele Robson,
Fortune,
5 July 2025
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Among them: Jack had arrived to Auschwitz on a transport June 24, 1943, with 1,600 Jews.—
Amber Hunt,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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During the recent conflict, the Israeli Air Force demonstrated an impressive capability to reach targets deep inside Iran while relying on its aged Boeing 707 tankers for refueling its fighter jets.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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While some Iranian cargoes are shipped directly from Iran to China, the majority undergo multiple ship-to-ship transfers, often in the Middle East Gulf or the Strait of Malacca, where Iranian oil transported by sanctioned vessels is transferred to non-sanctioned tankers before shipping to China.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
27 June 2025
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“Merchant ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchant%20ship. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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