ship (out)

as in to sail
to travel on water in a vessel after college he decide to ship out on a tramp steamer and see the world

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  • When sailing into the port city of Belfast, a visit to a museum chronicling the greatest-ever shipping disaster may not be top of every cruise traveler’s sightseeing list.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
  • In November 1917, the vessel was sailing near Dodman Point when it was torpedoed by a German submarine.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2025
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  • In the most suggestive of the boating pictures, striking points of view establish pictorial intimacy.
    James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
  • The Poudre River Improvement Fund could be used to create a trail in the river for boating and floating from Gateway Park, near the mouth of the Poudre Canyon, to Eastman Park in Windsor, according to the settlement agreement.
    Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Ship (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ship%20%28out%29. Accessed 10 May. 2025.

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