sail
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Then, in safer waters, national or third-party vessels await for ship-to-ship transfers from the convoys to then sail to the buyer’s final destinations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Give your brain a workout: What’s an 11-letter “Enya hit with the repeated lyric ‘Sail away, sail away, sail away’ ”?
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Icebreakers, in his vision, would clear an Arctic path for Canadian fertilizer to sail east, over the Northwest Passage that lured centuries of explorers into the Polar sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Point Loma is stunning territory for anyone inclined to swim, surf, sail, stroll, eat or drink at water’s edge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Elisha and his remaining crew had spent eighty-four days crossing over ice, until they found open waters and set sail on the smaller whaling boats.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Competitive sailing is never going back to the days of wooden hulls or flax sails, but when it comes to the internet, maybe there’s a lesson in there somewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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
According to tracking website MarineTraffic, Smyrtos sails under a Cameroon flag.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
This last insult had taken the wind completely out of his sails.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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The cynic in me says this ship appears to have sailed.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Earlier this month, two supertankers carrying Saudi crude were struck by unknown projectiles within minutes of each other as they sailed out of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" sailed into a close third place, drawing another $7.4 million domestically, for an epic $1.64 billion over its nine-week global box office journey.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
He caught 11 passes for 183 yards and three touchdowns as Santa Margarita sailed past De La Salle in the CIF Open Division state championship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Jack sailed back to a city for the very last time.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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As wide of a lead as the Dodgers have in the division race, their season hasn’t been smooth sailing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
In July, a ferry transporting more than 70 people sank while sailing near Selayar, a small island south of Sulawesi.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
The scale of current traffic is difficult to determine, with some tankers sailing through the strait with their tracking systems turned off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The author’s warmhearted sendup of conventional views of the next world opens with Stormfield sailing through space on a long journey to the hereafter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Spanish treasure galleons were soon sailing home loaded with riches from mines in Mexico and Peru.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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