sail through
Example Sentences
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In each case, their writing would sail through a detector.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
Massive amounts of fertilizer sail through these waters, feeding crops on every continent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
“PSKY has repeatedly mischaracterized the regulatory review process by suggesting its proposal will sail through, misleading WBD stockholders about the real risk of their regulatory challenges around the world,” Netflix said in its statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
"It is not possible to sail through the Arctic Sea without icebreakers and many big nations have interests in the Arctic right now," Viitanen said.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
To leap off and sail through the air as those women had—like flying, like a bird, so free.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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