sail
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Would an infusion of paper money not, at least, have softened the price-chopping transition to steam from sail, to rails from horses and to machinery from manpower?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
More than 50 boats taking part in the flotilla set sail from Turkey last Thursday.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
“You could let the question marks and the avalanche of change put you in a corner. Or you can turn your sail around and allow that wind to push you forward.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Three infected people died on the cruise ship that set sail from Ushuaia in the southern Argentine Tierra del Fuego province on April 1.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
By the time I looked up again, Marlene was charging off through the snow, chasing the dog away, trumpeting as she went, her trunk flailing, her ears in full sail.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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