1
as in cruising
to travel on water in a vessel
I can't sail when there's any breeze at all because I get seasick easily
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2
as in flowing
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
sailed through the latest assignment
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3
as in floating
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 sailing
Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
On November 21, 1916, the Britannic hit a German mine while sailing off Kea.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
The priests and soldiers were very isolated, and sailing around Point Conception in what is now Santa Barbara County was particularly dangerous.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
The Wonder of the Seas is currently sailing a four day, round-trip Bahamas cruise, which departed on Monday, per CruiseMapper.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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The Joint Staff of Japan's Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday that a Russian naval intelligence collection ship, identified as the Kurily by its hull number, has been sailing along the east coast of Honshu—one of Japan's four main islands—since earlier this month.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
On November 21, 1916, the Britannic hit a German mine while sailing off Kea.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
The priests and soldiers were very isolated, and sailing around Point Conception in what is now Santa Barbara County was particularly dangerous.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
The Wonder of the Seas is currently sailing a four day, round-trip Bahamas cruise, which departed on Monday, per CruiseMapper.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sailing
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Instead of a weekend at the beach, cruising to the Caribbean is a tempting possibility for girls’ trips, birthdays, and mini vacations.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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After Game 1, in which the Padres’ Nick Pivetta was cruising right up until allowing back-to-back home runs, manager Mike Shildt acted decisively yesterday, replacing Dylan Cease after just 69 pitches (and five strikeouts) through 3 2/3 shutout innings.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Based on events and social media posts from recent months, bad blood hasn't been flowing from our side of the street.—
Amanda Hancock,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Cohen then took a chainsaw to a small replica of the Pentagon, with fake dollar bills flowing out to symbolize the waste, as people who had gathered there cheered.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Crude is down 11% this year, with some analysts expecting prices, currently hovering above $60 a barrel, to dip into the low $50s as oversupply builds.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Safe havens surge While stocks are hovering near record highs, a surge in gold and silver prices is signaling lingering concern about political and economic uncertainty.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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This spring, Hayden, who according to the Soloviev Group website is currently a student at NYU, announced that Jack’s Marine, the boating shop, was turning into an art gallery.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
1 Oct. 2025
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One post showed Johnson and his wife boating with Bukele and his family on an estuary in El Salvador.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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On third-and-11 in the first quarter, Iamaleava spotted a sliver of daylight that wasn’t there a blink before and turned it into a 22-yard jailbreak up the gut, gliding past white jerseys.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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The simplicity is intentional so your eye isn't bouncing, but rather gliding through the room.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Oct. 2025
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The art news website ArtNet even pointed out that the scene in season 3 of White Lotus in which Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Woods are floating dead in the water appears to invoke the Millais painting.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Republicans are floating ways to put income caps on the subsidies or limit the number of people who are eligible to receive them.—
Franco Ordoñez,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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Of the other methods – including electrocution, lethal gas and hanging – lethal injection had the highest botch rate of more than 7%. ‘An embrace of brutality’ Still, states have remained averse to the firing squad, a position that experts who spoke to CNN believe stems from its overt violence.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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The neutral material keeps it from looking like an eye sore and can be expanded for more hanging space as needed.—
Micaela Arnett,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2024
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While the balloons turned out to be ferrying cigarettes, Europe is on high alert after intrusions into NATO’s airspace reached an unprecedented scale last month.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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It was designed to carry as many as 30,000 people a day, ferrying them between the Yucatán’s colonial towns, Mayan ruins, nature reserves, and white-sand beaches.—
Simon Willis,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Sailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sailing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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