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seafaring

[see-fair-ing] / ˈsiˌfɛər ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
naval
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Except for when passengers, after taking turns at rigging, filed below deck to explore the ship’s white-oak skeleton, which flexed and creaked in the current—the ancient sounds of a seafaring world that’s all but lost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The warmer waters could attract additional seafaring tourists toward California’s shores.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

Readers will find engrossing case studies of well-known disasters such as the Titanic and the USS Indianapolis, as well as sections on bygone Viking wrecks and the mysterious “ghost ships” of seafaring lore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

In September last year, to protect its important seafaring community, the Indian government blacklisted 86 foreign vessels over seafarer abandonment and rights-violation issues.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

So it was not just coral trinkets and flower bulbs that this seafaring friend of Hannah’s brought from afar!

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare




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