oceanic

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Their vibrant, jam-packed settings depict anything from an oceanic rave to a rainbow-hued big top performance to a joyride through the cosmos.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Mr. Nézet-Séguin found the score’s oceanic qualities without wallowing in them, holding to its throughline even in the most fervid passages, and making the mood changes between the acts and within them clear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

As phytoplankton grow, they remove large quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis, making this region the world's largest oceanic sink for the climate warming gas.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

It developed a state-of-the-art oceanic passageway that helped transform global shipping as supertankers and containerships grew bigger and bigger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

His father was heir to the Vanderbilt railroad and oceanic shipping fortune; his mother’s father had invented the fantastically lucrative Bromo-Seltzer.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand