as in merchant ship
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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,
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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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Princess Kate was appointed Sponsor of HMS Glasgow in June 2021 and the cutting-edge Type 26 anti-submarine frigate is designed to protect the U.K.'s nuclear deterrent and aircraft carriers.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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Video In recent weeks, a group of veterans and family members of veterans, ranging in age and physical ability, has been gathering in the belly of the U.S.S. Intrepid, an aircraft carrier turned museum on the Hudson River.—
Dina Litovsky,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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These technologies include a bubble barrier that removes small fish trapped under barges or carried in their wake and an acoustic deterrent that creates painful sound waves.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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This nighttime parade features beautifully decorated barges that glide along the San Antonio River.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
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One captain intentionally beached his boat while being pursued by a Coast Guard cutter, while another only stopped after a Coast Guard crew member fired copper slugs into the boat’s engine to disable it.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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However, there soon will be some important voices to implement a more sound space policy and speak for NASA's priorities, rather than those of budget cutters.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2025
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In March 2024, the wreck of the steamship Milwaukee, which sank after colliding with another vessel in 1886, was found 360 feet below the water's surface in Lake Michigan.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 May 2025
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On the Mississippi, where Mark Twain had once waited upriver for steamships from this city, all boat traffic had fallen silent.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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The wild-looking cab-less autonomous electric transport (AET) vehicles, which would not look out of place thundering down the highway in any science-fiction movie, are self-driving in most situations.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2025
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The Chinese flotilla comprised the Type 075 amphibious assault ship Anhui; the Type 052D destroyer Suzhou; a pair of Type 054A frigates, the Zhoushan and the Xuzhou; and the Type 071 amphibious transport dock Longhushan—all identified by their hull numbers.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Given the vessel's lack of nationality, the use of force including boarding the vessel was deemed unnecessary and the tanker was escorted out of the Estonian Economic Exclusion Zone.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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More than 50 activists including Greta Thunberg briefly held a demonstration inside the Copenhagen office of Maersk’s tankers division Tuesday.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
14 May 2025
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Fish from the pier or take your own watercraft out.—
Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2025
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Participants must bring their own watercraft, personal flotation device, whistle, and a white electric light.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 May 2025
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“Motor ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20ship. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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