twelve-mile limit

Example Sentences

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The Nimitz was in international waters, beyond the twelve-mile limit any nation can claim.

From The New Yorker • May 13, 2019

Pack a lunch, and I’ll see you out past the twelve-mile limit.

From Forbes • Aug. 17, 2011

The Navy plane acknowledged that message, and turned seaward from a position well outside the twelve-mile limit claimed by North Korea.

From Time Magazine Archive

This, said Arthur Dean, represented "extraordinary sacrifices" by the U.S., but "those who came here believing in the straight twelve-mile limit have not budged an inch."

From Time Magazine Archive

"They were outside the twelve-mile limit," Scotty pointed out.

From Smugglers' Reef by Blaine, John