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  • past participle of sail.
  • past tense form of sail.

sailed



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Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" sailed into a close third place, drawing another $7.4 million domestically, for an epic $1.64 billion over its nine-week global box office journey.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

He soon volunteered to join the regular army and sailed for Canada in 1809, where he entered the 41st Regiment of Foot.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

He had already sailed to Japan seven times and he knew the two- or three-week passage from Vancouver to Yokohama.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

The forward exploited a gap in the visiting defense and fired a shot across the goal from the left that sailed just over the top left corner.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Everything was hauled to the surface and dumped into robotic barges, and then the fleet of cleanup robots sailed away.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown



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