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ocean

[oh-shuhn] / ˈoʊ ʃən /


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More Western states are hunting for alternatives, including the first-of-its-kind deal for San Diego’s desalinated ocean water.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The company’s bread-and-butter river cruises remain as popular as ever, but Viking is also expanding into ocean travels and expeditions to more far-flung locales.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

The item, which goes under the hammer in Penshurst later this month, was awarded to the engineer of a steamship responsible for saving more than 700 of the stricken ocean liner's passengers in April 1912.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

But as climate change alters ocean conditions, some whales are behaving in unexpected ways.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

Nim loved the ocean because it was always there, wherever she looked and as far as she could see, but it was too huge and powerful to understand and too dangerous to trust.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr




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