oceangoing

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Oceangoing ships could easily navigate the rivers’ tidal stretches but could go no further than the falls or rapids they encountered upstream.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2021

Oceangoing yachts sport bulkhead-to-bulkhead carpeting and baby blue staterooms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oceangoing ships were torn apart in the turbulent bay or driven aground and left stranded.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oceangoing pleasure ships provide excellent breeding grounds, but so do schools, hotels, camps, nursing homes and hospitals.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oceangoing freighters can navigate its channel for a distance as great as from New York to Ireland�and still find water deep enough to cover a ten-story apartment building.

From Time Magazine Archive