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merchant

[mur-chuhnt] / ˈmɜr tʃənt /


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Chemaf’s founder, Shiraz Virji, son of a Zanzibar spice merchant, once hired dozens of Gurkhas, Nepalese soldiers with a reputation for fierceness, to guard one of the company’s mines against incursions by informal miners.

From The Wall Street Journal

And more recently, federal raids hit merchants and their customers.

From Los Angeles Times

It means current attacks on military targets will go on, Iranian retaliation will continue, and the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed to most merchant traffic.

From BBC

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he is confident that more merchant vessels will soon be able to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Los Angeles Times

The system will allow merchants to retain ownership of customer relationships and data, and receive ChatGPT referral attribution in their admin.

From The Wall Street Journal