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cruise

[krooz] / kruz /
NOUN
sailing expedition
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His next holiday will be a cruise leaving from Southampton, allowing him to avoid the stress he associates with flying.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The winner should cruise to the Bay League title.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Slate music critic Carl Wilson raves that Crisco is a “nostalgic pleasure cruise through pop-country styles of the past.”

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

Instead, participants were housed in wooden temporary units, on a cruise ship and in hotels.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Barack’s high school buddy Bobby, who was a commercial fisherman, took us out on his boat one day for some snorkeling and an aimless cruise.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Knurr, a travel adviser from Muskego, Wis., joined two family cruises to the Bahamas the next year and a family trip to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Kathleen, a 70-year-old widow who lives in Illinois, says going on the cruises will take the widower out of his bubble and help take his mind off his grief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

"Had I known that the air conditioning wasn't working, having gone on river cruises before, I wouldn't have gone," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

By July, low river levels due to the heatwave were severely affecting European cruises.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

When I was in the zone on a high-speed classic like Defender, I felt like a hawk in flight, or the way I thought a shark must feel as it cruises the ocean floor.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

But Bell easily cruised to victory in this year’s primary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Leo cruised down the famous boulevard on the popemobile before celebrating an open-air Mass in the Place de la Concorde, a historic first.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Angel City cruised to a 3-0 road victory over a shorthanded Utah team that received two red cards in the first half.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

England's new era started with a dominant six-wicket win over Ireland as they cruised to their record chase of 282 in the first one-day international.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Granny Smith pulled onto the road and cruised slowly away from the green Chevy.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

In recent years, Airbus developed plans to allow aircraft to rely on a single pilot at cruising altitude so other pilots could rest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“But the threat across the border right now gives us some time to reach our cruising speed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The third match saw Auston Kim and Rose Zhang from the US dominating Nastasia Nadaud and Leona Maguire, never slipping behind and cruising to a 3&2 win.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

One of these automobiles could come cruising into her life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

In fact, he was sitting in the copilot’s seat, and they were cruising over the forest, looking down at the wildly tossing treetops, a wild sea of leaf and branch.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman




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