Examples of the open sea in a Sentence
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Four seasons in a day The economy of the Faroe Islands has been built primarily on the open sea and in its fjords: Up to 90 percent of its export value, and around 20 percent of its gross domestic products (or GDP), comes from fishing or fish-farming.
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Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
These species include: Green Hawksbill Leatherback Loggerhead Olive Ridley
Kemp's Ridley
Flatback
Each species occupies a different niche in the marine environment, from shallow coastal waters to the open sea, and from tropical regions to more temperate zones.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
The fjord is key for fishing in the autumn, when the open sea is too harsh.
—Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
It was captured on the open sea by French pirates, who brought the ship to a prison island.
—Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2022
The company plans to demonstrate how well its technology survives and performs with a pilot installation on the open sea in early 2016 in cooperation with Iberdrola Engineering & Construction in Spain and WavEC Offshore Renewables in Portugal, Möller says.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2015
The sheer mass of these shelves stops the ice on land from flowing more quickly into the open sea.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
In the open sea, schools of dolphins a thousand strong chatter all at once; scientists who record them end up with audio as dense with whistles and clicks as a stadium is with cheers.
—Camille Bromley, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2023
Adrenaline seekers won’t want to miss the thrill of free diving in the open sea.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2023
Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
These species include: Green Hawksbill Leatherback Loggerhead Olive Ridley
Kemp's Ridley
Flatback
Each species occupies a different niche in the marine environment, from shallow coastal waters to the open sea, and from tropical regions to more temperate zones.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
The fjord is key for fishing in the autumn, when the open sea is too harsh.
—Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
It was captured on the open sea by French pirates, who brought the ship to a prison island.
—Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2022
The company plans to demonstrate how well its technology survives and performs with a pilot installation on the open sea in early 2016 in cooperation with Iberdrola Engineering & Construction in Spain and WavEC Offshore Renewables in Portugal, Möller says.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2015
The sheer mass of these shelves stops the ice on land from flowing more quickly into the open sea.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
In the open sea, schools of dolphins a thousand strong chatter all at once; scientists who record them end up with audio as dense with whistles and clicks as a stadium is with cheers.
—Camille Bromley, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2023
Adrenaline seekers won’t want to miss the thrill of free diving in the open sea.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2023
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