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cruise

[krooz] / kruz /
NOUN
sailing expedition
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In 2024, the company tested a cruise missile that packs a far bigger punch.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

In any case, the daylong cruise served its purpose of resetting the week and reconnecting the friends.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

TUI had issued a profit warning in April, weeks after the Mideast war forced it to repatriate 10,000 travellers, including 5,000 people stuck on two cruise ships in the Gulf.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Most of the ventures aim to develop electric or hybrid transports that take off and land like a helicopter and cruise like an airplane.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

The Princess Andromeda glowed on the horizon—a huge cruise ship lit up yellow and white.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

Meanwhile on the Rhine, some cargo vessels have been left stranded and river cruises have been cancelled.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

His average booking for all cruises is about $25,000.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Some puzzles will have pieces containing real estate, others will have cruises and vacations.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Bookings are up for both Walt Disney World and Disney cruises, Chief Executive Josh D’Amaro tells analysts on a call.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Most of the houses had radios with a short-wave band and a high aerial on the roof so that wives could make contact with the fishing boats during these long cruises.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

As the world champion cruised to a comfortable victory, there was a tense fight for the remaining podium positions in the closing laps between Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

But he cruised into the Hall of Fame last December as the only person elected on an Era Committee ballot that included all-time home run leader Barry Bonds and seven-time Cy Young Award-winner Roger Clemens.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Nike cruised on popular lifestyle sneakers—Air Jordan 1s, Air Force 1s and Dunks—for too long and fell behind on running.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Replacement Henry Pollock scored a second-half hat-trick as England cruised to victory and ended a five-Test losing streak against an ill-disciplined and disjointed Fiji in Liverpool.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Hence, practically the moment Kyril Montana’s unmarked Galaxie cruised unobtrusively into Milagro, it appeared on the town’s telephonic radar screen, and its progress was tracked with interest by many of the town’s inhabitants.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Driver said the accident wasn’t their fault, and that they were cruising down a country road in the middle of France when another vehicle failed to stop at an intersection.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Security was visibly heightened at the event, with police cruising the canals in motorboats.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Which is funny, because when I think about cruising, I don’t revisit the miserable 36 hours that norovirus confined us in our cabin.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

But as the knock-out rounds got under way, Fayer was cruising off the coast of Tuscany in a motor boat with friends.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

“Course it's safe, Debs! Five months cruising round the Adriatic, the Aegean, the Suez, and the Gulf? Worst that'll happen to me is sunburn.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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