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In September 1679, a French trader and explorer arrived near Green Bay, Wisconsin, with his new merchant ship, Le Griffon.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
The movie takes place on a merchant ship bound for London and becomes a survival horror story as the crew starts getting laid to waste by a most surprising passenger hidden within the boxes below deck.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
And in November 2023, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group, launched an ongoing campaign of attacks on more than 100 merchant ships in the Red Sea, disrupting global trade and resulting in delays and cost increases for container shipping from Asia to Europe and North America.
—Mona Yacoubian, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2024
These were the fruit trees being transported during the merchant ship’s fateful journey.
—Richard Schiffman, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
The movie takes place on a merchant ship bound for London and becomes a survival horror story as the crew starts getting laid to waste by a most surprising passenger hidden within the boxes below deck.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
And in November 2023, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group, launched an ongoing campaign of attacks on more than 100 merchant ships in the Red Sea, disrupting global trade and resulting in delays and cost increases for container shipping from Asia to Europe and North America.
—Mona Yacoubian, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2024
These were the fruit trees being transported during the merchant ship’s fateful journey.
—Richard Schiffman, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchant ship
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Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Typically, the Navy uses these helicopters to carry troops in and out of combat zones, do searches and rescues off aircraft carriers, and fight in combat.Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 9 Jan. 2025
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Since September, traders have dialed back their expectations for rate cuts from the Federal Reserve, and Donald Trump won the presidential election with a platform that calls for higher tariffs across the board.Jesse Pound, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
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Friday’s jobs report means traders see it as a near certainty that the Fed will not cut interest rates at its next meeting later this month.Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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The pistons, belts, and pulleys create the ambience of an engine room on a steamship, as clumps of fiber are separated and realigned into uniform fabric.Shane C Kurup, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
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Hartley offers a fascinating account of the logistics of navigating the Volga before the introduction of steamships, including the herculean work of barge haulers, who had to drag boats upstream.Maria Lipman, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
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There is a castle, an annual Shakespeare festival, a boat club (barges, mainly, given that Staffordshire has more miles of canal than any other county in England) and two semi-professional football clubs.Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Chilling temperatures signaled its return, but so did an important annual ritual: the last barge heading downriver from the Twin Cities, bringing the 2024 shipping season to an end.Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
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Plus, head to Walmart to shop more vacuums, steamers, and other floorcare.Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Nori Press Travel Steam Iron The solution to wrinkle-free clothes on vacation is finally here thanks to this handheld steamer that weighs less than one and a half pounds.Gabriella Maestri, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2025
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Miraculously, only one member of the Hooligan Navy was killed while serving, during a collision with a Dutch freighter.David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Authorities said at the time that their initial findings showed a Chinese fishing vessel and a Chinese freighter caused the disruption, but that there was no evidence Beijing deliberately tampered with the cables.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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These biofuels can reduce emissions across various modes of transport, including trucks, ships and planes.Umberto Cavallaro, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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South Korean investigators are converting data extracted from the cockpit voice recorder into audio files, the transport ministry said Wednesday, a process that could take about two days.Stella Kim, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2025
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Today, South Korean journalists, scholars, and think tankers, as well as several members of the ruling party, publicly ask the same thing.Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
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The tanker crossed the Estlink 2 power cable at the exact time the disruption was reported on Christmas Day.David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Merchant ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchant%20ship. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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