How to Use by sea in a Sentence
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This year's Assembly features a special high-level meeting on the threat posed by sea level rise.
— Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024 -
On the streets, in the kitchen, in the car, on a plane, by land or by sea, my books go with me.
— New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023 -
One by land and one by sea — two hacks to see one of the world's most famous sites for free.
— Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2024 -
In wartime, 90% or more of military goods are moved to and from war zones by sea.
— Loren Thompson, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023 -
Go by sea, and there’s a good chance that your ship will get overwhelmed by ice and be forced to turn back.
— David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022 -
Take cargo freight rates—whether by sea, air, rail or truck.
— Harry G. Broadman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 -
More than 200 tons of aid that arrived by sea was returned to Cyprus.
— Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024 -
Additional aid is on its way by sea for the first time in this war.
— CBS News, 17 Mar. 2024 -
The voyages by sea will be from Haifa, Israel, on the Mediterranean coast, to the country of Cyprus.
— Alex Sundby, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2023 -
For those arriving overland or by sea, the fee is half that at 150 Baht.
— Johanna Read, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023 -
Many fled by sea; many were killed; more than six thousand were captured.
— Rosanna Warren, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024 -
Crews searched both by air and by sea without a single sighting of the person.
— Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023 -
Conditions led by sea level rise make the challenge all the more harder.
— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2022 -
The number of migrants arriving in Greece by sea and overland during the first eight months of the year rose by 57%, U.N. data shows.
— Renata Brito, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2024 -
The South American country is the world’s largest exporter of bananas, shipping about 7.2 tons a year by sea.
— Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023 -
The cap is set to take effect on Dec. 5, the same day the European Union will impose a boycott on most Russian oil — its crude that is shipped by sea.
— David McHugh, ajc, 24 Nov. 2022 -
This was a version of Japan reserved only for those traveling by sea, in the manner and pace of a bygone era.
— Kate Crockett, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Dec. 2023 -
Destinations that can only be reached by sea are among the most world's most brag-worthy.
— Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2023 -
The stiff tale of the count’s journey by sea from Romania to the shores of England in the late 1800s leaves viewers feeling as trapped on board as the poor saps waiting to meet their fate.
— Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023 -
The algae, Pseudo-nitzschia, is consumed by fish, which are then eaten by sea lions.
— Doha Madani, NBC News, 29 June 2023 -
The Kylie Cosmetics founder, 26, has been visiting Mallorca, Spain and shared some dreamy snaps by land and by sea.
— Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024 -
The limit is set to take effect Monday, along with an EU embargo on Russian oil shipped by sea.
— Editors, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2022 -
Biden, in his State of the Union address on March 7, announces plans to build a floating pier on Gaza’s coast to enable deliveries by sea.
— Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024 -
The attack killed six foreign nationals and a Palestinian, all of whom had handled the food aid that had arrived in Gaza by sea.
— Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024 -
One way to connect to these villages is by sea—rent a boat or take the public ferry from Lerici to Tellaro or San Terenzo.
— Catherine Sabino, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 -
This comes on top of multiple incursions by sea and air in the waters surrounding Japan.
— Arkansas Online, 17 Dec. 2022 -
In addition to the airdrops of small amounts of food, the first aid shipment by sea dispatched by nonprofit World Central Kitchen reached Gaza last week.
— Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024 -
Spanish data shows migration by sea to the archipelago jumped 51% in the first five months of the year compared to a year earlier.
— Nimi Princewill, CNN, 29 Nov. 2022 -
Much larger effects come with storms enhanced by sea level.
— Charles Colgan, The Conversation, 10 June 2024 -
While larger local stones may have been moved by hundreds of individuals with ropes and log rollers, the Welsh bluestones could have been transported by sea using rafts.
— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2024
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