ocean-going

Example Sentences

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So passengers must reach ocean-going ferries by smaller tenders.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

In total, Iran’s navy has lost six of its seven frigates, its two corvettes and one of three ocean-going conventional submarines, said Alex Pape, head of the maritime team at Janes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Maybe you were swimming off the coast in the Sea of Japan, and a bunch of dolphins — those ocean-going teddy bears — set upon you.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023

The loss of small, ocean-going fish such as anchovies is also devastating for larger fish, which eat the small fish, she said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2023

China had an astronomical tradition millennia old; it invented paper and printing, rockets, clocks, silk, porcelain, and ocean-going navies.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan