merchant

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When you set up biometric authentication to confirm your identity when paying for purchases, a digital translation of your face or palm, say, is created and stored by the merchant or a third party.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The IMO council said in its declaration that members "strongly condemned the threats and attacks against vessels and purported closure of the Strait... by Iran, adversely affecting merchant and commercial vessels".

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

On the threat to merchant ships, Trump projected uncertainty.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

In the meantime, could allies be persuaded to send ships to escort merchant vessels through the vital waterway?

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Other merchants were yelling angrily at the customer for falsely accusing the squid merchant.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh