set sail
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The Lincoln, normally based in San Diego, set sail in November for a routine deployment to the Pacific.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Exxon said a fifth massive oil-production vessel—capable of pumping 250,000 barrels a day—has set sail for Guyana from shipyards in Asia and is expected to begin production in the fourth quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
HMS Erebus, captained by Sir John Franklin, set sail in 1845.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
The Mentor had set sail from New Bedford, Mass., the whaling capital of the United States, in July 1831, with a complement of 21 men led by Capt. Edward Barnard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
In 1928 an Indian graduate student, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, set sail for England to study at Cambridge with the British astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington, an expert on general relativity.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
