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Recent Examples of blue-water
Adjective
For now, the Type 004 is a clear sign of China’s push to become a real blue-water naval power.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
26 May 2026 The days when a seafaring nation could rely on a blue-water fleet of major combat ships numbering less than one or two hundred hulls is over.—
David Szondy
april 20,
New Atlas,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
Although it is all encompassed in our little blue marble of a planet, animals can still easily disappear into blue water within seconds.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2026 The beach is known for its clean, blue water, powdery white sand, and abundant amenities, especially for families.—
Savannah Born,
Travel + Leisure,
26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for blue-water
The enemies today are no longer on the battlefields, dropping bombs from the air or firing on our ships from under the sea.
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Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2026
As teams continue to host training camp in unusual locations, and as the NFL continues to schedule games over seas, this year’s jock tax has numerous intricacies that affect a player’s after-tax salary income.
After a Soviet ballistic missile submarine sank in the Pacific Ocean in 1968, the CIA secretly built the Hughes Glomar Explorer, disguised as a deep-sea mining vessel, to recover the wreck from nearly 5,000 meters (16,500 feet) below the surface.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Aug. 2026
The tests demonstrate the underlying sensing and healing mechanisms, not a finished skin ready to spend years clinging to a deep-sea robot.