voyage
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STEUBEN, Maine—After a brisk 20-minute voyage through the wind-whipped, aquamarine chop of Pigeon Hill Bay, our quarry was in sight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
More than 1,500 people drowned when the ship struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic while on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Those ships also carried supplies of fresh water for the monthslong voyage, stored in barrels fit for mosquito breeding.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
March 16: The Boeing 737 MAX 7 successfully completes its first voyage from Renton, Washington.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
No more ideas for the rest of the voyage.
From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis
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But with many vessels switching off their AIS before crossing Hormuz, analysts have to reconstruct the voyages using satellite imagery and other clues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
High-speed boat trips ferrying tourists through the Aegean have become Odyssean voyages for some travelers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Scientists studying ancient human remains have frequently used evidence of congenital infection when debating whether syphilis was present outside the Americas before the voyages of Christopher Columbus.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
He said some crew members were young sailors on their first voyages who appeared traumatised by what was unfolding.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Our technology is, so far, utterly incapable of such grand interstellar voyages, at least in reasonable transit times.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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For the last 10 days, four astronauts have been making history, travelling further into space than humans have been before as they voyaged to the Moon and back.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
At some point between 21,000 and 16,000 years ago, humans voyaged into the region, probably traveling along the coast.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 16, 2023
When Shackleton and his men voyaged to Antarctica, they entered a frozen world.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
We had voyaged 46 days from the winter solstice, and toward the brightness of spring.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2022
She’d voyaged across the Atlantic with her nineteen-year-old brother, who’d died of dysentery during the trip.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
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So we get why Ross opts to normalize voyaging alone instead of speaking to common fears about it.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2025
Unsure what it would be like voyaging with so many youngsters, she booked a short four-day journey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024
After Charles Darwin happened across “vast rings of coral-rock” while voyaging through the southern Pacific Ocean on the Beagle, he wrote that upon seeing them, “everyone must be struck with astonishment.”
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 22, 2023
The news outlet noted that Justice Thomas has taken 38 destination vacations that included voyaging on a yacht, traveling via private jets and even helicopters.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
His brother had given him three cages of ravens too, so Kerwin could send back word of their voyaging, but Victarion had forbidden him to loose them.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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