by sea

idiom

: by means of a ship
We traveled by sea.

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Shipments were moved by sea aboard small boats and commercial vessels and by air from clandestine airstrips and commercial airports controlled by corrupt officials. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026 That includes the seemingly endless construction to widen Highway 50 through Sacramento and the half-billion-dollar plan to widen a wine-country highway threatened by sea-level rise. Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 1 Jan. 2026 But Thunberg has been vocal in her support for the people of the Gaza Strip and has been detained by Israeli authorities while sailing on boats trying to deliver a symbolic shipments of aid to the Palestinian enclave by sea. Alexander Smith, NBC news, 23 Dec. 2025 Odysseus walks across land, sails by sea and treks through caves, including one where an ominously large beast appears in the shadows. Abigail Lee, Variety, 22 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for by sea

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“By sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20sea. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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