open sea
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While there is debate about why so many Chinese fishing vessels would gather in geometric formations in the open sea, experts widely agree that they were not there to fish.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
Most existing wave energy devices perform well only under specific wave conditions, limiting their effectiveness in the constantly shifting environment of the open sea.
From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026
The style Matthiessen conjures is almost visual, with fragments of scene description and lines of unattributed dialogue arranged on the page like solitary brushstrokes or like breakers of spume on the open sea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Having seized the vessel, the navy said it could not be towed back to shore due to poor weather and its fragile construction, and it later sank in the open sea.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
About 45,000 years ago, they somehow crossed the open sea and landed in Australia—a continent hitherto untouched by humans.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
