open sea
Example Sentences
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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 family of Alejandro Carranza Medina, 42, who was killed on September 15, rejected assertions there were drugs on his vessel and said he was a fisherman doing his job on the open sea.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
Information gathered on Chinese Arctic voyages enables its scientists to build computer models of undersea conditions, which its navy can later tap to plot routes allowing them to operate more freely in the open sea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 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
The sodden wharf planks moaned as the tide pulled the river water toward the open sea.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
