offshore

Example Sentences

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Seattle is best known for the earthquake danger posed by the massive Cascadia subduction zone offshore.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

"Jason Thomas was an experienced offshore worker who lost his life in the most unimaginable way possible," he said.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Polymarket’s bigger exchange, which it says is based offshore, doesn’t comply with U.S. laws that require brokers to collect information about individual traders.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

We’re probably going to have an offshore gas cycle, which is much more service-intensive than oil.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

They’d anchored a barge offshore and loaded it with rockets the size of Patriot missiles.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan