ocean

Example Sentences

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For centuries, the ocean has threatened to swallow Nantucket, a pork-chop-shaped barrier island 30 miles off Massachusetts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The Orion capsule carrying the astronauts will now travel back to Earth in a so-called free-return trajectory before coming down in the ocean.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

I went into the ocean just to cool off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The McCloud’s salmon, trucked around Lake Shasta to complete their ocean migration, have started to come back.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Over the ocean the moon is rising bright and round.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila