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Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani wrote on X that a Italian merchant ship owned by the Grimaldi Group was among the first vessels to transit the strait after the agreement’s signing.—
Mae Anderson,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026 -
By the way, the dragon turned out to be a small Nile crocodile, which may have escaped from a merchant ship.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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America’s longest serving aircraft carrier, too big to transit the Panama Canal, saw action for nearly half a century, from Vietnam through Operation Desert Storm and now serves as a museum in San Diego.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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And everyone saw this aircraft carrier.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
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In Seattle, fans can catch the matches on a floating barge or watch them live on a giant LED screen at Pier 62.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
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Officials said the fireworks will be launched from the east side of the bridge between the two towers, along with a barge off the bridge and a second barge near Pier 39.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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There's even a label on the cutter button telling you to press down firmly with two fingers.—
M. David Stone,
PC Magazine,
19 June 2026
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One of the hottest hitters on the planet this month, Soto drilled a 1-2 cutter from Nola into the right field stands with ease in the first inning.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2026
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The original Dow index from 1884 had 11 stocks in it, and nine of them were railroads (the other two were a steamship company and Western Union).—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
15 June 2026
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On summer breaks from university, Gilmore also worked at the port, painting buildings, shoveling coal on a steamship and crewing on harbor boats.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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Nourse said safety tags are used to mark an animal that may be set for euthanasia so a nonprofit has time to line up transport, a foster, or an adopter.—
Nina Burns,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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The rail sections of Spectacular South Signature are spent in the top-tier Scenic Plus class, but note that more time is spent on other forms of transport, including a private-coach road trip down the South Island’s wild, train-less West Coast.—
Steve Madgwick,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
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Paz said that the state of emergency is intended to guarantee fuel supplies, which have become increasingly scarce as roadblocks have left tanker trucks stranded.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 June 2026
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There has been very limited demand to book tankers to load oil from ports in the Persian Gulf, a step that would need to happen for shipments from the export installations to happen, shipbrokers and tanker owners said Friday.—
Alex Longley,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
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Use a garment steamer for easier wrinkle-removal.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
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For Feeling Put-together After a Flight Nothing pulls a travel outfit together faster than wrinkle-free clothes, and this compact steamer makes the process surprisingly painless.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
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“Motor ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20ship. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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