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as in to flow
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
sailed through the latest assignment
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as in to hover
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
a leaf sailed by, carried by the breeze
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Recent Examples of sail
Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
On the west coast, passengers sailing onboard Carnival Firenze, Carnival Luminosa, and Carnival Radiance will enjoy front row seats for the San Diego Big Bay Boom fireworks show.
—Susan B. Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 8 Mar. 2026
Approximately 6,700 passengers will get to set sail on three- or four-night itineraries, with Disney Adventure's maiden voyage getting underway March 10, sailing from its home port of Singapore.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
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Verb
The Disney Adventure sets sail at a time of rapid expansion for Disney's cruise line.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
On the west coast, passengers sailing onboard Carnival Firenze, Carnival Luminosa, and Carnival Radiance will enjoy front row seats for the San Diego Big Bay Boom fireworks show.
—Susan B. Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
This can be overcome by adding more reflective material to the sails, but this adds extra weight (and cost to launch the craft).
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 8 Mar. 2026
Approximately 6,700 passengers will get to set sail on three- or four-night itineraries, with Disney Adventure's maiden voyage getting underway March 10, sailing from its home port of Singapore.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sail
Verb
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The boating forecast in South Florida on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.—
Lissette Gonzalez,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Nearly 80 percent of people who die during boating accidents were not wearing a lifejacket.—
Marisa McMillan,
Outside,
27 Feb. 2026
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In experiments, heaters made from these fibers delivered significantly higher heating power per unit mass than traditional metal-alloy elements when exposed to flowing gases.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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Sweeney admitted that watching teams around him in the standings making moves – the Islanders landed Schenn, the Blue Jackets got Garland and Detroit acquired Faulk – got the competitive juices flowing.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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Alcohol spending as a share of household budgets is also hovering at near 40-year lows, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that was cited in the report.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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The 54-year-old comedian with a beard full of gray stubble drops back to pass, launching a tight spiral underneath SoFi’s massive technicolor halo scoreboard hovering above a sea of empty stands.—
Deputy Entertainment,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Afterward, it’s tapped to sail three- and four-night Bahamas voyages as well as seven-night Caribbean itineraries.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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The line also returns to the Mediterranean, British Isles and Northern Europe, while maintaining Caribbean voyages from Florida and select long‑haul routes across the Pacific, Australia and the California‑to‑Mexico corridor.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
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In addition to Starship, NASA selected Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander to ferry astronauts to the lunar surface on future Artemis missions.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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Events like this also provide a way to bring the increasingly popular active-travel segment into the safari world, which, despite its rugged reputation, consists largely of being ferried about in Land Cruisers.—
Tom Vanderbilt,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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Boosted by an 11-point first quarter from sophomore guard Jordan Lee, Texas cruised to an 83-60 win over Alabama in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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After Williams rallied in the second set to tie it, the 23-year-old Parry, ranked 111th in the world, took control and cruised in the third.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The 80-foot-long grinning behemoth floating in a roadside pond was built as an anniversary gift for the owner’s whale-loving wife.—
Zoey Goto,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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The procession featured drums, dancing and floats celebrating the vibrancy of the Chinese American community in the oldest celebration of its kind outside Asia and one of the largest.—
Jane Tyska,
Mercury News,
8 Mar. 2026
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The texture is thick and whipped, easy to glide on post-shower, and will help keep skin moisturized for hours.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
6 Mar. 2026
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Progression of wing and tail configurations Published in Journal of the Royal Society Interface, the study analyzed the progression of wing and tail configurations of a free-gliding Harris’s hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) during a wing-tucking manoeuvre.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Sail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sail. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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