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The changes a deepwater port could bring The Army Corps of Engineers this month issued a $400 million contract to begin the first phase of the port project, which will ultimately include dredging sediment from the ocean so bigger ships can dock.
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Flores is east of Lombok and thus east of the Wallace line, so that the ancestor to The Hobbit had to cross the deepwater channel.
—Madeleine Beekman
august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
That kind of reaction is impossible for, say, a deepwater offshore platform that keeps producing no matter what because the cost of shutting it down is enormous.
—Jim Krane, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2015
Robotic underwater vehicles play an important role in marine research, environmental operations, deepwater exploration, and search-and-rescue missions.
—Jason Falconer, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2013
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Flores is east of Lombok and thus east of the Wallace line, so that the ancestor to The Hobbit had to cross the deepwater channel.
—Madeleine Beekman
august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
That kind of reaction is impossible for, say, a deepwater offshore platform that keeps producing no matter what because the cost of shutting it down is enormous.
—Jim Krane, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2015
Robotic underwater vehicles play an important role in marine research, environmental operations, deepwater exploration, and search-and-rescue missions.
—Jason Falconer, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2013
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This successful test is expected to sharpen the international competition for valuable deep-sea minerals.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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The findings were made during a 2022 deep-sea expedition in the Gascoyne Marine Park aboard CSIRO’s research vessel, the RV Investigator, according to Australian outlet ABC.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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On whale cams, clingy fish steal the show The marine scientist who recorded the accidental close-ups of the remoras’ high-speed whale surfing had placed suction-cup cameras on humpbacks during their annual migration from Antarctica to the waters off Australia’s Queensland state.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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The statement went on to detail potential marine hazards.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Deepwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deepwater. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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