- present participle of sail.
sailing
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She now oversees the Jubilee’s 13-member Fun Squad, and let me tag along during a recent sailing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
It has different types of wetlands, including freshwater and sailing lagoons as well as seasonally flooded areas.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
President Lee Jae Myung hailed the successful voyage, saying it "shortened the one-way sailing time by 10 days compared with the conventional route via the Suez Canal".
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Bodrum is perhaps best appreciated from the water, ideally on board a gulet, a wooden sailing vessel common in southwest Turkey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
“I suppose you’ll work that way at first. But nine years is a long time. You’ll get mighty tired of sailing by ash breeze.”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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