1
: borne over or on the sea
a seaborne invasion
2
: carried on by oversea shipping
seaborne trade
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Levi points out that the European Union recently banned imports of seaborne crude oil and refined oil products from Russia.
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Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Among them is an unseen hero of the production — one of sports’ singular cinematographers, Frenchman Laurent Pujol, who has won two Emmys for his seaborne lensing of the first two seasons and is up for a third.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
The European Union, once a top Kremlin customer, has banned all seaborne imports of Russian crude oil, and whittled Moscow’s share of its natural gas imports delivered via pipeline to about 11% last year, from more than 40% in 2021.
—Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
The deal discounts offered by Russia, as its traditionally European client base for seaborne crude significantly diminished, made Moscow’s supply virtually irresistible.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
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Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Among them is an unseen hero of the production — one of sports’ singular cinematographers, Frenchman Laurent Pujol, who has won two Emmys for his seaborne lensing of the first two seasons and is up for a third.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
The European Union, once a top Kremlin customer, has banned all seaborne imports of Russian crude oil, and whittled Moscow’s share of its natural gas imports delivered via pipeline to about 11% last year, from more than 40% in 2021.
—Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
The deal discounts offered by Russia, as its traditionally European client base for seaborne crude significantly diminished, made Moscow’s supply virtually irresistible.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for seaborne
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“Seaborne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaborne. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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