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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

It has caught the eye of National Geographic, which says it will bring "some 800 years of seafaring history to life".

From BBC • Oct. 23, 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

When he’d agreed to go with Zheng there was going to be another seafaring person with him.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook




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