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  • past tense form of sail.
  • past participle of sail.

sailed



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Then, he sailed it past first baseman Don Mattingly, bouncing it off the right-field ballboy.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Castillo’s bill passed unanimously in the Assembly earlier this year and sailed through the Senate Judiciary Committee in June with bipartisan support.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

On the passenger list of the Guiné, which sailed from Lisbon for New York on May 10, 1941, Heinrich Blücher appeared as a 41-year-old author and Hannah Arendt simply as his 34-year-old wife.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Its powerful Revolutionary Guards have been stopping vessels trying to transit the trade route in recent days, including six that state television on Monday said had sailed outside Iran's designated route.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

He sailed around the barn, up over the house and the red oak trees.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls



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