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Recent Examples of merchantman
These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
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Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for merchantman
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The 50 Let Pobedy (50 Years of Victory) icebreaker was attempting to free the freighter Yamal Krechet from ice which was preventing it from reaching the port of Sabetta, in the Kara Sea, according to an expert.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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The exact cause of the large freighter’s demise during the storm remains a mystery.—
The Arizona Republic,
The Arizona Republic,
22 Nov. 2024
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Nassau had no men-of-war ships, and Trott’s stone fort was still a building site.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2024
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My hundred-and-forty-foot man-of-war sought to make the first mission to the South Pole, a feat that would bring pride to England.—
Mike O’Brien,
The New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2023
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The warship was underway in the Philippine Sea, a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean, as of Wednesday.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Photos shared by the Navy and widely reported on show progress throughout 2024, including the gutting of the warship.—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
29 Jan. 2025
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The loss of the steamship Pacific on November 4, 1875, left the community of Victoria, British Columbia, in shock.—
Joel Sams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025
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This new Chicago production produced in partnership with Porchlight Music Theatre is expected to play for several weeks and is directed by the original director, Tye Blue — but with an all-Chicago cast playing Rose, Jack and the crew of the doomed steamship.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2025
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Cover the bowl or pan with plastic wrap, and set inside a steamer, steaming the mochi batter for 15 minutes, or until solidified and translucent.—
Ingu Chen,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2025
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Remove wrinkles: Use a hand steamer to gently remove any wrinkles from the portion of your sheet that shows when folded down.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
20 Jan. 2025
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Her barely teenage mother disappeared when Smith was still a toddler; her much older father, a horse trader, moved frequently, taking his young daughter with him.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
30 Jan. 2025
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She was born in 1940 on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, where she was raised by her father, a horse trader.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2025
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Kevin McCullough, president of Aero Air, which also provides air tankers, sent some of its MD-87s to the Los Angeles fires.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2025
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Firefighters were dispatched to the area just before 2 p.m. local time and were trying to slow its spread with the help of air tankers and helicopters, said Capt. Robert Johnson of Cal Fire, the state’s fire agency.—
Orlando Mayorquín,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Plans call for two more such connections: one 400 kV, the other 225 kV. From these three sources, the collider’s infrastructure would distribute power to the collier’s eight access shafts; from there, it’d be distributed to the rest of the collider.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
17 Feb. 2024
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This particular pearl collier can be spotted on Hepburn’s neck in the final scene of Roman Holiday.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
30 Oct. 2023
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“Merchantman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merchantman. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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