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maritime

adjective as in nautical

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Likewise, a traveler to China’s coastal cities observed: “Ever since the prohibition of maritime trade…all traces of past prosperity have disappeared.”

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The movie, which recounts the 1942 sinking of a Japanese ship carrying British prisoners of war and their rescue by Chinese villagers, boasted elements of a maritime epic.

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It also said the interceptions violated international maritime and humanitarian law.

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Under international maritime law, naval forces can stop a merchant vessel at sea if they have reasonable suspicion that the vessel is without a nationality.

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Israel said it had prevented a breach of the maritime blockade around Gaza.

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