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Example sentences for: ships

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In 1863, the daimyo of Choshu (in western Honshu) fired on foreign ships in the Shimonoseki Straits.
Since 1845 the lighthouse here has provided protection for ships off the coast; the present light dates from 1908.
The fleet of 700 Persian ships then engaged the much smaller Athenian naval force under the command of Themistocles in the Strait of Salamis, but Xerxes was in for a surprise.
The Los Angeles Times goes with the latest changes in the operations of the Colombian drug cartels, which nowadays do business with the Russian mafia, and avoid giving a big cut to Mexican distributors by relying more on "mules" coming directly to the U.S. and less on Mexican ships.
Today its extensive exhibits document the long and illustrious history of maritime achievement by the Dutch, with paintings, maps, and maritime models explaining the part that ships — and particularly the VOC — played in the growth of the empire in the 17th century.