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More than seven miles long and up to half a mile wide, the Kniepsand sandbank that faces the open sea shifts slightly every year.
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Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
Will Trump have the stomach to keep up his cocaine boat bombardment now that Americans are getting squeamish about the idea of executing Venezuelans bobbing around in the open sea?
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2025
Execution without combat President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have brought that logic to the open sea.
—Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
The goal was clear: cut a path to the open sea of the Arctic Ocean so the whales could escape.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
Will Trump have the stomach to keep up his cocaine boat bombardment now that Americans are getting squeamish about the idea of executing Venezuelans bobbing around in the open sea?
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2025
Execution without combat President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have brought that logic to the open sea.
—Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
The goal was clear: cut a path to the open sea of the Arctic Ocean so the whales could escape.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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“The open sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20open%20sea. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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