set sail
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In 2019 nearly 60 scientists and crew members set sail in the icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer for Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The Lincoln, normally based in San Diego, set sail in November for a routine deployment to the Pacific.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
A century ago this month, the Royal Research Ship William Scoresby set sail from Humber Dock, in Hull, on a voyage to the southern oceans.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 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
But it was an old tradition that away over there stood the Grey Havens, from which at times elven-ships set sail, never to return.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
