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Recent Examples of oceangoing
Photo : Yacht Dot Going The Distance Dot may have been imagined as a weekend home, but the boat has an oceangoing range of 10,000 nautical miles, thanks to its nearly 26,500-gallon fuel tanks.
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Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 June 2024
At one time, SpaceX acquired oceangoing oil rigs to convert them into mobile launch and landing pads for Starship.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024
The oceangoing branch of expedition company Pelorus, Pelorus Yachting, is launching an artists' retreat in Greenland — led by a Greenlandic artist — aboard its vessel Polarfront, a former weather ship retrofitted into a luxury expedition yacht.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2024
Season two will adapt the second of Riordan’s novels, The Sea of Monsters, which sends Percy (Walker Scobell) and some of his fellow demigods on an oceangoing quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
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Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 June 2024
At one time, SpaceX acquired oceangoing oil rigs to convert them into mobile launch and landing pads for Starship.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024
The oceangoing branch of expedition company Pelorus, Pelorus Yachting, is launching an artists' retreat in Greenland — led by a Greenlandic artist — aboard its vessel Polarfront, a former weather ship retrofitted into a luxury expedition yacht.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2024
Season two will adapt the second of Riordan’s novels, The Sea of Monsters, which sends Percy (Walker Scobell) and some of his fellow demigods on an oceangoing quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oceangoing
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The United States will deploy ship-sinking missiles to the Luzon Strait, a choke point for Chinese naval access to the Pacific Ocean, during a military exercise with the Philippines.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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In 1993, Williams was selected to become a naval test pilot and graduated from the course that same year.—
Sean Mowbray,
Discover Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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Several seagoing outfits on Islamorada offer day trips to two other fascinating state parks: History filled Indian Key and the botanical wonders of Lignumvitae Key.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes,
27 Jan. 2023
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Meanwhile, post-doc Derek Tittensor has taken a broader view, looking at the worldwide distributions of over 11,500 seagoing species in 13 groups, from mangroves and seagrasses, to sharks, squids, and corals.—
Ed Yong,
Discover Magazine,
28 July 2010
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“Oceangoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oceangoing. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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