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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.
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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
As the situation with France, caused by the seizure of American merchant ships, deteriorated, Adams had to prepare his country for war.
—Marianne Holdzkom, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
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.
—Alexandra Cox, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
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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
As the situation with France, caused by the seizure of American merchant ships, deteriorated, Adams had to prepare his country for war.
—Marianne Holdzkom, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
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.
—Alexandra Cox, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Merchant ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merchant%20ship. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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