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Thousands of crew members are stranded at sea and confined on ships over COVID-19 fears

Thousands of ocean crewmembers stranded at sea

June 29, 2020:

After months at sea, an estimated 200,000 crew members’ contracts are ending. But these seafarers are unable to step foot on land due to quarantine rules, much less return home to see their families. History has shown that exhausted and lonely crews can be a recipe for disaster. Plus, learn the English expression “grind to a halt.”

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Grind to a halt

When a machine or a system “grinds to a halt,” it slowly stops working.

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Thousands of crew members are stranded at sea and confined on ships over COVID-19 fears

Grind to a halt

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