set sail
Example Sentences
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It set sail from the German island of Rügen, headed for the middle of the Baltic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
A month later, the Resolution and another ship, the Adventure, set sail under Cook’s command to the southern oceans in search of a hitherto unknown continent, fancifully known as Terra Australis Incognita.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
More than 50 boats taking part in the GSF set sail from Turkey last Thursday carrying a token amount of aid.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Three infected people died on the cruise ship that set sail from Ushuaia in the southern Argentine Tierra del Fuego province on April 1.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Six ships left, of the eleven that set sail.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
