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
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
In 2015, Whelan became an ambassador for Princess Cruises, sailing on more than 100 voyages with the company and interacting with fans at various conventions.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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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
In 2015, Whelan became an ambassador for Princess Cruises, sailing on more than 100 voyages with the company and interacting with fans at various conventions.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sailing
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Rent a bike from Tour de Coast e-Bikes and spend your day cruising around town on the Historic Pascagoula Bike Trail.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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Among the best ways to visit iconic places during peak times of year is through the seamlessness of cruising.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
26 Sep. 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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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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In 2023, Pino was initially charged with three careless boating misdemeanors in the crash.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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In the underwater footage, a barracuda is shown gliding through turquoise-green waters, very close to the camera.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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In sync with the dance theme and in a nod to the creative process, the presentation will recreate a dance competition, with models donning Moja Rowa pieces and number badges while twirling and gliding with headphones on — silent party mode.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
23 Sep. 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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The mission is designed as a lunar flyby, ferrying NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover, as well as Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a free-return trajectory around the moon and back to Earth.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Some protesters forced their way into the parliament complex by breaking through a barricade, a local official said, setting fire to an ambulance, hurling objects at riot police, and ferrying the injured to the hospital on motorcycles.—
Gopal Sharma,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Sailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sailing. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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