ocean floor
Example Sentences
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As the Hughes Glomar Explorer raised the craft on its first mission, part of it broke apart, descending back to the ocean floor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
Surprisingly, it is not uncommon to find new species of octopus in the deep sea -- particularly in areas that have not been well explored, which is a massive amount of the ocean floor.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
The wreck was discovered on the ocean floor in 1985 by a team led by Dr Robert Ballard.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Shedding talent and salary gave Boston financial flexibility—but it also seemed to portend a season of knocking around the NBA’s ocean floor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
The sunken ship lay on the ocean floor for more than seventy-two years until, on August 19, 2017, a team headed by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen discovered it lying some 18,000 feet beneath the sea.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
