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In Jerry World, Jones is marooned, floating to nowhere, watching Jayden Daniels and Jalen Hurts drift away with the NFC East the way a bottle drifts in the open sea.
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 19 Nov. 2024
Don Vonk took a boat trip on the Neptune Society’s vessel the Naiad, leaving San Francisco and motoring out beneath the Golden Gate Bridge to the open sea, to scatter his father’s ashes.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
The best salmon fishing along the Oregon coast is in the open sea outside a few harbors.
—Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
Concerned about leaving an unmanned boat on the open sea, a few sailors shot 50-caliber machine guns into the water, sinking Dinh Du’s boat.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 19 Nov. 2024
Don Vonk took a boat trip on the Neptune Society’s vessel the Naiad, leaving San Francisco and motoring out beneath the Golden Gate Bridge to the open sea, to scatter his father’s ashes.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
The best salmon fishing along the Oregon coast is in the open sea outside a few harbors.
—Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
Concerned about leaving an unmanned boat on the open sea, a few sailors shot 50-caliber machine guns into the water, sinking Dinh Du’s boat.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
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“The open sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20open%20sea. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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