sail
Example Sentences
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A base in Libya, for instance, or the Red Sea would allow Russian vessels to sail in the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean for longer periods than are now within their reach.
This might help, but that Titanic may have sailed.
After raising some 400,000 pounds, a phenomenal sum for the time, over a dozen ships and supply boats set sail in three waves, carrying some 2,500 men, women and children.
Once the Nunalik started moving, it sailed at a speed of two knots, a leisurely walking pace, nudging ice aside with a deep crunch that sent vibrations through the entire vessel.
Noah Lastner, who also graduated from the academy in June and has since sailed to Singapore and the Philippines, said young people often learn too late about the opportunity.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
