ocean-going

Example Sentences

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So passengers must reach ocean-going ferries by smaller tenders.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

And no rules at the Guardian, apparently, regarding outrageous boondoggles and ocean-going junkets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

He added: "I think it is ocean-going nonsense to change our mind at that this stage."

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2025

Maybe you were swimming off the coast in the Sea of Japan, and a bunch of dolphins — those ocean-going teddy bears — set upon you.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023

They learned how to build and manoeuvre ocean-going vessels and became long-distance fishermen, traders and explorers.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari