merchant marine

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• I considered a couple when I was also sailing in the merchant marine, but ultimately decided against it, mainly for the reasons herein—they are just so common that going un-inked is the real countercultural uniqueness right now.

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• In his thirty-five years in the French India Company and the French merchant marine, he advanced to the rank of captain, commanding merchantmen in the Indian Ocean.

  Academic text (2007)

• The European vessels dwarf the indigenous ones, an image of the strength of the merchant marine.

  Academic text (1994)

• In most cases (except in the merchant marine industry), labor unions are organized by employees working for a particular company.

  Academic text (1990)

• According to Justice Reed, this conclusion was inescapable due to the process the federal government had used at the beginning of the war to take control of the merchant marine:

  Academic text (2017)

• They are staying aboard a merchant marine ship stationed off Staten Island's north shore.

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• I agree with some that they used to have some sort of special significance—my father was a captain in the merchant marine and had a collection up and down his arms, mostly nautical themed, of course.

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• For example, the Peruvian debt of $800 million will be paid, in part, through an arrangement by which Peruvian shipyards deliver various types of ships for the Soviet merchant marine and will provide maintenance services for the Soviet's fishing fleet in the Pacific.

  Academic text (1990)

• My dad is in the merchant marine and spends his time at sea.

• Did you know that Guthrie served overseas with the U.S. merchant marine?

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