high sea
noun
: the open part of a sea or ocean especially outside territorial waters
—usually used in plural
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She is introduced, after a fantasy dance sequence, on the high seas trying to ram an eco-warrior boat into a fishing ship.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
The advent of any unilateral mineral extraction in the high seas should sound an alarm bell for activists on their failure to see the fragility of international environmental governance.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Little Brother will then hit the high seas as part of the Rock the Bells Cruise through Oct. 31.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2025
The result was an antislavery moral high ground from which the United Kingdom, and later the U.S., could measure other countries and monitor the high seas.
—Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
The advent of any unilateral mineral extraction in the high seas should sound an alarm bell for activists on their failure to see the fragility of international environmental governance.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Little Brother will then hit the high seas as part of the Rock the Bells Cruise through Oct. 31.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2025
The result was an antislavery moral high ground from which the United Kingdom, and later the U.S., could measure other countries and monitor the high seas.
—Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for high sea
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“High sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20sea. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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