nautical
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Madden’s post also included pictures of various paintings and sketches plus another nautical image dedicated to the newborn.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
The nautical metaphor is inescapable: The visitor is completely adrift here.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The vessel carrying the group was 53 nautical miles south of Ierapetra, a town on southern Crete.
From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026
Its last location was around 40 nautical miles south of Plymouth and still in the UK's EEZ.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
The tune for this ditty was suspiciously like a tune from Pirates on Holiday, the nautical operetta whose first act Penelope and the children had witnessed while visiting London some months earlier.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing nautical
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