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Example Sentences

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Two tunnels ran from fore to aft, right beneath the deck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

“Let’s get everyone off the ship and onto the dock,” Willcox said, and padded aft in his bare feet.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

August 2023: Boeing discovers misaligned drill holes in aft pressure bulkheads, the same anomaly Dean had flagged and warned supervisors about in October 2022.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

Standing on the aft deck of a modified 13-meter fishing boat in Halifax Harbour, Dariia Atamanchuk gazes at both a cause of the climate crisis and, she hopes, part of the solution.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 30, 2023

He turned on his heel and went aft.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham