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sailing

[sey-ling] / ˈseɪ lɪŋ /












NOUN
shipping
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My experience in Lisbon and relatively smooth sailing in Paris and Rome this month underscore the crapshoot travelers face under the European Union’s new automated border-control system.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Close-up pictures show the vessel is named Tihamah which, according to ship-tracking platform MarineTraffic, is in the Red Sea off Warner Point and is sailing under the flag of Tanzania.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Because it’s good enough — and looks good enough — for the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli sailing team.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

It’s been sailing drones into Moscow, which is a pretty major innovation.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

He went sailing along, spinning this way and that, drilled with a trillion bullets of rain.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig




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