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ship (out)

verb

Definition of ship (out)

as in to sail

to travel on water in a vessel after college he decide to ship out on a tramp steamer and see the world

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From time to time, Li Shan would offer Noe a sum impressive to a fisherman to sail his lugger—a forty-foot vessel made for the shallower waters of home into the Gulf to meet a ship bound for New Orleans.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Twice England’s post was struck but when Enzo Fernández’s sublime strike sailed past Jordan Pickford in the 85th minute, there only ever felt like one winner.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

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One of Ontario’s largest inland lakes and a favorite escape north of Toronto, Lake Simcoe has long supported a serious summer cottage culture of boating around its shoreline estates.

— Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Farther afield are a stabling block, paddocks, a boating lake, and unspoiled woodland.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 July 2026

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