the open sea

noun

: far away from land
sailing the open sea

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In the open sea, the engines roared to life and the boat gathered speed. Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024 After passing five days of trials, the ship sailed toward Saadiyat Island off the coast of Abu Dhabi and the open sea on March 2 and 3. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 July 2024 There were no nukes screaming across the open sea to knock our planet’s assembly of nations into history’s gutters of Armageddon. Will Cady, SPIN, 30 Oct. 2024 This new batch of Jefferson’s Bourbon might just make its way onto the open sea in the ensuing months. Brad Japhe, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the open sea 

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“The open sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20open%20sea. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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