merchant
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Central Command reported Tuesday that “no ships made it past the U.S. blockade and 6 merchant vessels complied with direction from U.S. forces to turn around” on day one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Blockading merchant ships violates the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and is illegal, she noted.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
From his office overlooking the glistening waterway, the third generation fish merchant gestures to the horizon.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
The strait is roughly 20 miles wide at its narrowest point and divided into lanes to separate marine traffic, forcing merchant ships to travel along predictable routes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
He wasn’t a spice merchant, I can tell you that.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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