sail
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But the passengers were forced to leave the vessel in Sihanoukville after the ship's operator, Villa Vie Residences, abruptly announced it was suspending operations of the Odyssey, two years after it set sail.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
"You're floating around in the air, and you give a little tap with your foot, and you can sail over to say hello to your buddy."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
The one time there was a "scenic sail" during the day, it was a round trip back to Krems which started early in the morning.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The cost of hiring an oil supertanker to load crude inside the Persian Gulf and sail it out of the Strait of Hormuz recently topped $1 million a day, according to maritime-intelligence firm Windward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
“Your grace, the ship doesn’t sail until ten.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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From a governess in Pondicherry she learns etiquette, charm and culture, and at 13 she sails for Paris determined to become a society lady.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
"When we got the letter saying he had withdrawn consent, it felt like the wind was taken out of our sails," said Sam from Shrewsbury.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
As she’s recently learned, it’s an adventure that sails smack into islands of musky internet trolls and clashes with cinematic and literary titans like Christopher Nolan and Joyce Carol Oates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Once Kiki leaves her village with her constant companion Jiji, a talking cat, she sails through the skies, albeit insecurely.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
The akrafena sails over me, and the stray pool water on the floor carries my slide halfway to the door.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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There are stiffer Tests to come, with New Zealand arriving in a fortnight, but Borthwick sailed through this referendum with flying colours.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
He sailed his way into Congress in the deep blue district Tuesday.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
It didn’t wind up mattering when Ryland’s game-winning field goal sailed through the uprights in overtime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
This week alone, Gilead reported its best quarter in a decade, Lilly raised its sales guidance for the third time this year and Merck’s third-quarter results sailed past expectations.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
With a long, terrible screech, its entire roof peeled off and sailed away on the wind.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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Insurance for very large crude carriers, transporting two million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, can cost as much as $17 million for a sailing, shipholders and insurers said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Two are sailing to Brazil, while a third pivoted from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and has now arrived in Egypt, according to Kpler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Sohm’s vision, per “American Mosaic,” is pure, black tar positivity: bald eagles soaring over magnificent vistas, gleaming farmland, small town cheerleaders on parade, tall ships sailing past the Statue of Liberty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The Stena Line sailing between Dublin and Holyhead has not been affected.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
But Nim liked animals that you could see, and have fun with, so when Jack had said he was going sailing for three days to collect plankton, Nim had decided to stay home.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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