cruise ship
noun
variants
or less commonly cruise liner
: a large ship that stops at different ports and carries passengers who are traveling for pleasure
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That’s what Jake Rosmarin, one of the passengers who was onboard the MV Hondius, the cruise ship on which several passengers became infected with or killed by a deadly hantavirus called the Andes virus, is currently doing.
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Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
An American woman who may have been exposed to hantavirus on board the MV Hondius cruise ship is now being forced to quarantine at a facility in Omaha, Nebraska.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
Hantavirus is endemic in parts of South America but remains very rare among humans and has never before been recorded on a cruise ship.
—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 18 May 2026
Barcelona has been fighting overtourism for years, raising tourist taxes, limiting vacation rentals and more recently, scaling back cruise ship terminals.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 18 May 2026
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Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
An American woman who may have been exposed to hantavirus on board the MV Hondius cruise ship is now being forced to quarantine at a facility in Omaha, Nebraska.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
Hantavirus is endemic in parts of South America but remains very rare among humans and has never before been recorded on a cruise ship.
—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 18 May 2026
Barcelona has been fighting overtourism for years, raising tourist taxes, limiting vacation rentals and more recently, scaling back cruise ship terminals.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 18 May 2026
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“Cruise ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cruise%20ship. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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