nautical mile
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GFS Pride, a containership, was hit Tuesday by an unknown projectile a nautical mile east of Ras Makhbuq, Oman, resulting in an onboard fire, according to maritime security companies Vanguard, Marisks and Neptune.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The interior ministry said earlier that the speedboat had entered its territorial waters and was "one nautical mile off Cayo Falcones" on the country's northern coast when it was intercepted.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
Had Motin changed course about one nautical mile away from the anchored oil tanker, "there would have been no collision", he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026
Colombia already claims exclusive economic rights in much of the area that lies to the east of Nicaragua’s 200 nautical mile boundary.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
There wasn’t even yet an agreed length for a nautical mile.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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