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sailed

VERB

travel through water, air; glide

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cross cruise drift float fly leave move navigate reach run shoot skim soar steer sweep

STRONG

boat captain dart embark flit motor pilot scud skipper tack voyage wing

WEAK

cast anchor cast off get under way make headway put to sea set sail skirr weigh anchor

Antonyms

STRONGEST

go land remain stay stop walk

Example Sentences

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She has also sailed to Antarctica with Quark Expeditions on the Ocean Explorer, which debuted in 2021, and on yacht-like vessels to Alaska with smaller operators.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

The announcement comes the same day the company reported first-quarter revenue that sailed past estimates.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Israel have sailed through to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, with the lovestruck pop song Michelle, performed by 28-year-old Noam Bettan.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The outbreak is taking place on the MV Hondius, a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina and visited several remote islands in the Atlantic Ocean.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Before dawn on a morning sometime in early June 1796, the ship sailed for Portsmouth, New Hampshire, a vibrant New England port city a few days’ voyage away.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis