seaway

Example Sentences

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As freshwater input grew, the seaway gradually changed from salty to brackish and eventually to mostly freshwater, similar to conditions seen today in the Gulf of Bothnia.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

The seaway separating North and South America was five times wider than the modern Strait of Dover between England and France and 15 times wider than the Strait of Gibraltar that divides Europe from Africa.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024

The accident, in which 27 people including a 7-year-old girl died, is the worst on record involving migrants in the narrow seaway separating France and Britain.

From Reuters • Nov. 9, 2023

“And so Great Lakes ports and unions are urging the Canadian government to intercede directly and hasten a resolution to this dispute that reopens the seaway to full function immediately.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2023

She pointed to the floor of the cockpit, and there, sliding grotesquely with the motion of the seaway, was Poul Halvard.

From Wild Oranges by Hergesheimer, Joseph