Examples of go to sea in a Sentence
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Some scientists simply don’t have the funding or time to go to sea, said Virmani.
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Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2022
For now, the W76-2 will probably go to sea with all future missile submarine patrols.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2023
Class Frigates will go to sea with at least 32 MK 41 vertical launch cells.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
The only solution, as far as he’s concerned, is to go to sea and experience a life away from shore.
—Ilana Masad, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2022
Sears’ chance to go to sea finally came in 1941, when the ornithologist William Vogt asked her help in analyzing why guano birds in Peru, who fed on anchovies from the ocean, were dying in mass numbers.
—Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
Dockside activity indicated that the yacht's crew might have been preparing to go to sea.
—NBC News, 7 May 2022
Using market predictions to inform investment decisions is like preparing your boat to go to sea based on weather forecasts that someone made up.
—John Jennings, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
By the end of the summer, Mr. Alvarez had caught the allure of the sea and wanted to quit Patterson Park High School and go to sea full time, but his father would have none of it.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 15 Aug. 2021
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Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2022
For now, the W76-2 will probably go to sea with all future missile submarine patrols.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2023
Class Frigates will go to sea with at least 32 MK 41 vertical launch cells.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
The only solution, as far as he’s concerned, is to go to sea and experience a life away from shore.
—Ilana Masad, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2022
Sears’ chance to go to sea finally came in 1941, when the ornithologist William Vogt asked her help in analyzing why guano birds in Peru, who fed on anchovies from the ocean, were dying in mass numbers.
—Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
Dockside activity indicated that the yacht's crew might have been preparing to go to sea.
—NBC News, 7 May 2022
Using market predictions to inform investment decisions is like preparing your boat to go to sea based on weather forecasts that someone made up.
—John Jennings, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
By the end of the summer, Mr. Alvarez had caught the allure of the sea and wanted to quit Patterson Park High School and go to sea full time, but his father would have none of it.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 15 Aug. 2021
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“Go to sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20to%20sea. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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