sail
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HMS Erebus, captained by Sir John Franklin, set sail in 1845.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Shippers will need to see an extended period of calm before they are confident enough to sail normally through the strait.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
The patient was one of four Canadians aboard the hantavirus-stricken vessel, which set sail on April 1 from Argentina on a course across the Atlantic Ocean until the outbreak of the rare rodent-carried disease.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
The cumulative fiscal cost of the Iran war could easily sail past $300 billion.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
There are things that float and things that sink, and no amount of talk can change one to the other, or persuade a sail to fill when there is no wind.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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