merchant ship

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Recent Examples of merchant ship At a meeting this month, the International Maritime Organization will be discussing potential changes to the safety code for nuclear merchant ships. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 June 2025 The empty stern, which is unusual for a merchant ship jam-packed with cargo. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2025 In February, the carrier collided with a merchant ship near Port Said, Egypt, damaging the carrier and the commercial ship. Claire Moses, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025 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, 26 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for merchant ship
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Noun
  • Turkey is building its first fully indigenous aircraft carrier, joining a small circle of NATO nations with such capability.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Landing on a moving aircraft carrier at night in rough seas requires trust not just in your instincts, but in the technology guiding your descent.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks moved higher on Thursday, as traders evaluated the latest monetary policy updates from the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve.
    Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Yet, the Interior Ministry tracked down the theft to a museum restoration specialist who took the artifact and sold it to a silver trader, who passed it on to a workshop owner in Cairo’s historic jewelry district.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • So Gabriela and her companion set off on a steamship headed to Altamira.
    Mia Sosa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And for those seeking British history, visit Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s SS Great Britain, a steamship created by the man who masterminded much of England’s most impressive infrastructure, including the railway from London to Bristol.
    Lottie Gross, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • When that high water abated in late July, Day predicted that barge traffic on the state's largest port and the Arkansas River as a whole would return to normal.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a small barge in a canal with a pole mounted on the front.
    Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Unlike a steamer, Bounce’s spray is tiny enough to go inside your toiletry bag, which saves so much room in your carry-on.
    Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike a traditional steamer, the Quuejenl steamer also has a dry function that performs tasks where an iron may be better suited, like creating delicate pleats or pressing shirt collars.
    Maggie Horton, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The most prominent features of the Cygnus cargo freighter are its circular, fan-like solar arrays and an aluminum cylinder called the pressurized cargo module that bears some resemblance to a keg of beer.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Daryl was able to get to France on a freighter.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Electric trucks from Volvo Trucks, supported by material transport, are enabling fully emission-free operations from selective gutting through to concrete crushing, materials processing, and transport.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Solid rocket motors can be stored for longer periods of time and are easier to conceal, transport, and launch on demand.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Other agencies would also be involved in trying to determine whether the company that owned the tanker had complied with regulations.
    Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Four people have died and 90 others have been injured following a gas tanker explosion in Mexico City.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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