put to sea
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The migrants meet the gear, assemble it and put to sea in minutes.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2025
Deep Sea Vision had first put to sea in September 2023 from Papua New Guinea, launching a $9-million Hugin 6000 submersible equipped with a Doppler, a magnetometer, an echo sounder and a side-scan sonar.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2024
Germany’s Sea Eye 4 boat was detained after bringing 114 migrants to the southern port of Salerno, and told it could not put to sea for 20 days.
From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2023
The submersible had a four-day oxygen supply when it put to sea around 6 a.m.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023
The sun was rising for the third time since he had put to sea when the fish started to circle.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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