high seas

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She is the first woman to be a White House chief of staff, a lady of a certain age and accomplishment who swims in the highest of high seas.

From The Wall Street Journal

He referred to Pirates of the Caribbean, but said that while that film's lead character Jack Sparrow was a "hero", he believed "these guys are high seas criminals, buccaneers".

From BBC

The Constitution contemplates Congress having limited law-enforcement powers and even specifies crimes it can punish: treason, counterfeiting, “offences against the law of nations” and “piracies and felonies on the high seas.”

From The Wall Street Journal

If they were better protected in the high seas, they would be too heavy to pick up.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tropical storm Koto killed three people and left another missing as it approached Vietnam, authorities said Sunday, as strong winds and high seas buffeted vessels off the country's flood-hit central coast.

From Barron's