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seafaring

[see-fair-ing] / ˈsiˌfɛər ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
naval
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Most commercial seafaring vessels, even those carrying illicit products, are staffed by crews with little incentive to disobey the orders of the U.S. armed forces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

"Haematite is widespread. Centuries ago, it was already used for compasses in seafaring," explains Bossini.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

In August, the rocket’s reusable first stage toppled into the ocean during a failed routine landing on a seafaring barge.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

Two more films followed, with 2019’s seafaring tale “The Lighthouse” and the epic 2022 Viking fable “The Northman” revealing new strengths in writing and directing that hadn’t been immediately visible in Eggers’ debut.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

She could imagine him, this seafaring friend, white-haired and weatherbeaten, coming shyly to the door with his small treasures from some distant shore.

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




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