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set sail

verb as in get started on trip

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On Friday afternoon, as the Ford prepared to set sail from Croatia, where it has been stationed, the administration also announced sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, as well as his family and associates.

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As with the Yunus, it is here that weapons are transferred to other, smaller boats, which then set sail to "secluded beaches off the southern coast of Yemen… where they are then smuggled across the desert to Houthi-controlled areas of the country", the UN Office on Drugs and Crime report says.

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Hope, hard work and American ingenuity kept chins high and eyes shining as the ceremonial Parade of Ships set sail across the Delaware River.

The core vessels in the Gaza Sumud Flotilla set sail from Barcelona, Spain, more than a month ago with volunteers from dozens of countries to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.

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Another Southern Californian is among those on a second convoy of about 10 boats that set sail last week.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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