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Recent Examples of merchant ship
Eight years later, Kerstin was in a serious relationship and Stefan reportedly had ambitions to be a merchant ship captain, per The Belfast Telegraph.
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Jessica Sager, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
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
No injuries were reported on either vessel, though the merchant ship sustained some damage, a Navy official said.
—Natasha Bertrand, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
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Jessica Sager, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
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
No injuries were reported on either vessel, though the merchant ship sustained some damage, a Navy official said.
—Natasha Bertrand, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchant ship
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The Pentagon has deployed the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier into the Central Command's (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, alongside the USS Harry S. Truman.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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The Chinese Navy officially commissioned its first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, in 2012.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The intensifying trade war between the U.S. and China has hurt the equity outlook for both countries, as traders brace for what could be a painful and drawn out negotiating process.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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His bill would create a Connecticut Electricity Procurement Authority composed of energy traders who would search energy markets daily for favorable price fluctuations.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2025
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That’s what was being asked — for days — after the White Star Line’s famous steamship Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
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Told in first-person narrative with archival photos, the 225-page coffee-table book covers the family’s many setbacks and triumphs dating back to the early 1890s, when Jessop’s great-grandparents arrived in San Diego via steamship, rail and horsedrawn buggy.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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The Motor Vessel Neil N. Diehl went through Lock and Dam 2, in Hastings on Wednesday, with nine barges.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
20 Mar. 2025
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Related article Recovery of DC jet wreckage begins as investigators review new information The wreckage was transferred, one piece at a time, from a barge to a flatbed truck parked only a couple of hundred feet from the airport’s main runway.—
Andy Rose,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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Use a Steamer Using a handheld clothing steamer is probably the most popular alternative to traditional ironing.—
Emily Williams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Mar. 2025
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While steaming, be sure to hold the steamer nozzle upright so hot water doesn't spill or dribble out.—
Katelyn Squiers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Apr. 2025
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Ross’ outside-of-the-box ingenuity also fueled a project by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans that found Ross shipping himself in a freighter crate that journeyed from Rhode Island to Alabama.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
31 Dec. 2024
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The agency had said mission teams would inspect the freighter over the coming days to determine if Cygnus itself was still intact.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Carney’s closure has led to longer ambulance transport times for patients in the Dorchester and Mattapan neighborhoods, and strained emergency department services in the region, the report contends.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
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Singapore’s monetary authority said increases in the costs of food and private transport in March mainly contributed to the headline inflation.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2025
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The overnight strike on the Ras Isa port sent massive fireballs billowing skyward and turned tanker trucks into burning wrecks.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Apr. 2025
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Satellite images reveal additional deployments, including KC-135 refueling tankers.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Merchant ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchant%20ship. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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