oceanic

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Their vibrant, jam-packed settings depict anything from an oceanic rave to a rainbow-hued big top performance to a joyride through the cosmos.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Mr. Nézet-Séguin found the score’s oceanic qualities without wallowing in them, holding to its throughline even in the most fervid passages, and making the mood changes between the acts and within them clear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

In those regions, heavy oceanic plates slide beneath lighter continental plates, sometimes producing earthquakes hundreds of miles deep.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026

Greenland’s geopolitical relevance—for oceanic and space domination, for missile defense, for critical-mineral extraction, for oil and gas—has only grown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

The high oceanic temperatures will release more water vapor into the air, increasing cloudiness, shielding the Earth from sunlight and delaying the end a little.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan