sail through
Example Sentences
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Navy access to the Gulf if it decides to sail through the strait, analysts and former senior military commanders say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
In each case, their writing would sail through a detector.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026
About 3,000 ships usually sail through the strait each month, and current events have left about 200 tankers effectively stranded.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
“PSKY has repeatedly mischaracterized the regulatory review process by suggesting its proposal will sail through, misleading WBD stockholders about the real risk of their regulatory challenges around the world,” Netflix said in its statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
To leap off and sail through the air as those women had—like flying, like a bird, so free.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
