open ocean
Example Sentences
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As part of its $115 million response, Mexico has deployed a fleet of specialized anti-sargassum boats, including two open ocean ships and amphibious vehicles, Naval Secretary Raymundo Morales said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
University of Exeter marine scientist Dr Matthew Witt said: "Coastal and open ocean sharks are among the most threatened groups of animals, yet they hold huge ecological, cultural and economic value."
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The North Vietnamese Communist offensive overran the South, sending more than a million “boat people” into the open ocean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
These shelves trapped phosphate in coastal sediments, leaving less of the nutrient available in the open ocean.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Throughout the morning they continued to row toward these small landfalls, and then, at about eleven o’clock, they suddenly broke free of the pack and found themselves in open ocean.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
