by sea

idiom

: by means of a ship
We traveled by sea.

Examples of by sea in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Countries have attempted less efficient ways to deliver aid, including airdrops and by sea. Tia Goldenberg, arkansasonline.com, 11 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 Most of those tourists —over 7.9 million people— arrived in the country by sea, an increase from over 5.5 million in 2022, the tourism ministry said. Alex Sundby, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024 Food and other aid previously couldn’t enter the Haitian capital by sea due to the interruption of maritime ports, Bauer explained. Anneclaire Stapleton, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024 Using tables that predicted the future position of the moon, the astronomer calculated that totality would pass southeast over Penobscot Bay in what is now south-central Maine, a journey of about 165 miles by sea from Boston. Yaakov Zinberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024 Haitians seeking to flee gang violence engulfing the Caribbean nation should avoid journeying by sea to the United States, and will be returned to Haiti if intercepted, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told McClatchy and the Miami Herald in an interview Thursday. Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024 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

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“By sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20sea. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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