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ocean

[oh-shuhn] / ˈoʊ ʃən /


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“He’s landing rockets on robot drone rafts in the ocean, and you’re saying he doesn’t know what he’s doing,” Ellison rebuffed critics at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Crews believe the women were sleeping when they were caught off guard by the quickly rising tide and dragged into the ocean, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

Stronger El Niños, which are characterized by warmer ocean waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, “can more significantly tilt the odds in favor of expected outcomes,” the Climate Prediction Center said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

But the ocean releases that heat into the atmosphere slowly, often driving up global average temperatures the following year.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The ocean looks like normal ocean, and the palm trees look like normal palm trees, but the pastel pink building is intriguing.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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