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Rind even redesigned the masthead of the paper to make her own name more prominent and, through the inclusion of an illustration of a merchant ship, signal a stronger endorsement of the principles of free trade.
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Alexandra Cox, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
As Scheidel notes, a quarter of Japan’s physical capital was wiped out during the war, including four-fifths of all its merchant ships and up to one-half of its chemical plants.
—Timur Kuran, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
And Spencer is still halfway around the world, shoveling coal on a merchant ship.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Feb. 2025
That was the first successful hijacking of a merchant ship since 2017.
—Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
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Alexandra Cox, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
As Scheidel notes, a quarter of Japan’s physical capital was wiped out during the war, including four-fifths of all its merchant ships and up to one-half of its chemical plants.
—Timur Kuran, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
And Spencer is still halfway around the world, shoveling coal on a merchant ship.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Feb. 2025
That was the first successful hijacking of a merchant ship since 2017.
—Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for merchant ship
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“Merchant ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merchant%20ship. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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