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Recent Examples of tall ship
The idea that people won’t come downtown without a major investment and project has already been proven false by the crowds that attended the German Christmas marketplace and filled the promenade recently on a warm Sunday when the only attraction was one tall ship.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2024
Key West Historic Seaport Key West’s old seaport is a gem: a waterfront harborwalk with shopping and dining in the middle of a marina that features fishing charters, sunset-sailing catamarans and tall ships.
—Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
While some smaller sailing companies rely more fully on a where-the-wind-takes-you approach, with no set route or cruising speeds, larger tall ship lines like Star Clippers have itineraries to keep.
—Elissa Garay, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2023
The Dutch tall ship Oosterschelde began its two year mission as a floating laboratory, where about 200 conservationists and naturalists will gather along the way to take part in a project called Darwin200.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Aug. 2023
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2024
Key West Historic Seaport Key West’s old seaport is a gem: a waterfront harborwalk with shopping and dining in the middle of a marina that features fishing charters, sunset-sailing catamarans and tall ships.
—Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
While some smaller sailing companies rely more fully on a where-the-wind-takes-you approach, with no set route or cruising speeds, larger tall ship lines like Star Clippers have itineraries to keep.
—Elissa Garay, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2023
The Dutch tall ship Oosterschelde began its two year mission as a floating laboratory, where about 200 conservationists and naturalists will gather along the way to take part in a project called Darwin200.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tall ship
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One example: On March 14, 1970, during the Vietnam War, two crewmembers with pistols took control of the SS Columbia Eagle, a U.S. merchant ship delivering napalm and other ammo to the warzone.—
Roberto Loiederman,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Jan. 2025
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From an opening scene on the high seas as a French merchant ship is aflame to a stag hunt on an aristocratic estate to a pistol duel at dawn, the writer-directors capture the scope and grandeur of Dumas’ story.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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Pine bark fines can be used to help adjust the soil acidity for blueberry plantings. 41.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2025
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The 18-karat yellow-gold case features a bark bezel and bracelet, while the dial sports sapphires and diamonds.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
1 Feb. 2025
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When Gio leaves to make a call, Deb heads to the yacht to grab her jacket — and do a little light snooping.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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Owen manages to escape, jumping off the yacht and into the water.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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In 1972, Scottish sailor Dougal Robertson and his family survived for 38 days at sea in a small dinghy after killer whales sunk their schooner near the Galapagos Islands.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
29 Jan. 2025
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Charcoal portraits depict six of the enslaved Africans who were aboard the Amistad, the 19th-century slaving schooner that became the center of a landmark Supreme Court case.—
Kaila Philo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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The business first chartered sailboats and then represented northern European yacht brands in Italy.—
Robb Report Staff,
Robb Report,
6 Jan. 2025
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Scrimshaw* sailboat: Built 1947, launched 1960, acquired 2024; 38 feet long.—
Roger Showley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Jan. 2025
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Even if one of the arriving Republic cruisers is probably about to scoop him up and throw him into a proper brig.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
14 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, any question that Jod and Captain Silvo (the pirate whose crew mutinied in the series premiere) are one and the same was dismissed, when Brutus and his crew spoke of how Silvo had escaped the brig before facing a trial.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
10 Dec. 2024
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On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Dec. 2024
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Moreland, who has more than 30 years experience sailing topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques, as well as five world voyages under his belt, said the Picton Castle will be hosting a range of school groups on the vessel.—
Jennifer Larino,
NOLA.com,
6 Mar. 2018
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Listen to this article San Diego Museum Month is back for 2025, and participants can wander through a colorful camellia garden, stand at the ready in a command center on an aircraft carrier’s flight deck or see a Dutch artist’s debut exhibit in the United States.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Jan. 2025
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Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the Indo-Pacific region.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Tall ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tall%20ship. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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