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sailing

[say-ling] / ˈseɪ lɪŋ /












NOUN
shipping
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The return sailing to Vienna was also in the dark.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The ship had been sailing dark for more than a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

According to the available information, one vessel was carrying wheat and heading south, while the other -- which sank -- was sailing north, Radev said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

We got lost once, and our entourage received several perplexed glances from workers, but otherwise it was smooth sailing.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Just then an old white leghorn hen came sailing out of our henhouse, flapping her wings and cackling her head off.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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