oceangoing
Example Sentences
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The U.S. activist investor said late Tuesday that its significant investment reflected its belief in the Japanese company’s strength in shipping and its standing as a major owner of oceangoing vessels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
The Tradepoint Atlantic terminal, which is used by Volkswagen, is at the mouth of the harbor, east of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and still accessible to oceangoing vessels.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2024
She later remarried the captain of an oceangoing ship and immigrated to the United States in 1961.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024
Runs of salmon and oceangoing trout in Whatcom Creek and its tributaries have largely declined since the incident, though it’s hard to tease out a clear cause-and-effect relationship.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2023
The most isolated people on Earth in recent history were the Aboriginal Tasmanians, living without oceangoing watercraft on an island 100 miles from Australia, itself the most isolated continent.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
