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The cargo ship sails under the flag of Panama and arrived in the Port of L.A. on Wednesday after traveling from Tokyo, according to Vessel Finder.

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Eventually, he surrendered to the wind, and the tarp became a half-torn sail — his flag.

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No, it’s not on UCLA’s campus, but there’s no more room, that ship has sailed.

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Mamdani sailed to victory on pledges to freeze rent and lower the city’s high costs; one of his ideas is city-run grocery stores offering low prices.

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Unity's most recent journey saw it sail through the North Sea in late October before entering the Baltic and passing countries including Sweden and Estonia - the point at which we spotted it.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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