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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.
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Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
As noted in a 2016 Smithsonian report, merchant ships clad with the dazzle pattern during the war were reportedly granted lower insurance premiums.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025
The kit campaign is to alert soccer fans and the public about the environmental crisis caused by the algae, that has most likely arrived in Spanish waters through the ballast waters of merchant ships.
—Claire Poole, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
In addition, the United States could arm more of its ships that don’t currently carry missiles, such as its amphibious or support vessels, or even prepare to convert merchant ships to carry missiles, as a way to rapidly increase the fleet with which the Chinese navy would have to contend.
—Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2025
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Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
As noted in a 2016 Smithsonian report, merchant ships clad with the dazzle pattern during the war were reportedly granted lower insurance premiums.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025
The kit campaign is to alert soccer fans and the public about the environmental crisis caused by the algae, that has most likely arrived in Spanish waters through the ballast waters of merchant ships.
—Claire Poole, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
In addition, the United States could arm more of its ships that don’t currently carry missiles, such as its amphibious or support vessels, or even prepare to convert merchant ships to carry missiles, as a way to rapidly increase the fleet with which the Chinese navy would have to contend.
—Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Merchant ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merchant%20ship. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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