merchant
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Navy struck a merchant ship trying to avoid the blockade of Iranian ports, the Associated Press reported.
From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026
Fellow analysts seemed to take the view that the company was essentially “bankrupt and didn’t even know it,” thanks to uncertainty around the eventual costs of the merchant suit, Maurer told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026
Recently discovered off the coast of Bulgaria was a Greek merchant ship that is estimated to have sunk 2,400 years ago, the oldest known intact shipwreck in the world.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Unlike the previous shipments, which were carried by the Mexican navy, Monday's aid consignment was transported by a merchant ship, sailing under a Panamanian flag, AFP journalists observed.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Hamilton had been born on the West Indian island of Nevis, the illegitimate son of a down-on-her-luck beauty of French extraction and a hard-drinking Scottish merchant with a flair for bankruptcy.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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