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Recent Examples of tall ship
Four tall ships are docked at the Detroit Wayne County Port Authority for Sail Fest Detroit.
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Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The birthday festivities include a wide range of events, from neighborhood festivals, the closure of the A10 ring road and a grand parade of tall ships culminating in a big party on the actual anniversary date of October 27, 2025.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The cruise will wrap up with an overnight stop in New York – which will host the largest flotilla of tall ships from across the globe in the Port of New York and New Jersey – before returning to Boston.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 4 July 2025
Beyond the tall ships, SAIL250 activities will feature local festivals, aviation demonstrations, educational activities and an air show.
—Irit Skulnik, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
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Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The birthday festivities include a wide range of events, from neighborhood festivals, the closure of the A10 ring road and a grand parade of tall ships culminating in a big party on the actual anniversary date of October 27, 2025.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The cruise will wrap up with an overnight stop in New York – which will host the largest flotilla of tall ships from across the globe in the Port of New York and New Jersey – before returning to Boston.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 4 July 2025
Beyond the tall ships, SAIL250 activities will feature local festivals, aviation demonstrations, educational activities and an air show.
—Irit Skulnik, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tall ship
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A number of ancient shipwrecks have been discovered in the Mediterranean Sea, with 2,000-year-old Roman terracotta jars found in the remains of a ship found off the coast of Italy in 2023, a Greek merchant ship discovered in 2018 off the Bulgarian coast and dozens more.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Maritime evidence includes a merchant ship, stone anchors, and what officials described as a harbour crane, clustered near a 125-metre dock that the antiquities ministry said served as a harbour for small boats until the Byzantine period.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Aug. 2025
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Their teeth are also capable of stripping bark off of trees, making ironwoods and palo verdes even more vulnerable to hungry herds.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Grass growing up against tree trunks also potentially attracts pests like voles that may nibble on the apple tree bark.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Oct. 2025
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The yacht, currently under build, will be completed next summer.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
22 Oct. 2025
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There are no overwater bungalows here, no party yachts crowding the reefs.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
22 Oct. 2025
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Ella is shocked to suddenly find Nick (Brown), a sailor and local Newport historian, aboard her schooner and accuses him of being a stowaway.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Dash was a privateer schooner that vanished in 1815 and soon entered local legend as a ghost ship.—
Leanna Renee Hieber,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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The parents of a girl who nearly lost leg while participating in a summer sailing club is suing the club — and counselors — over an incident that occurred days before a barge hit a sailboat full of summer campers off Miami Beach.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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The singer-songwriter was somewhere in the eastern Mediterranean sea on a sailboat last week when the 10-person crew decided to play some music.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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M’Benga makes the difficult decision to send Gamble, or whatever, to the brig.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 2025
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Even if one of the arriving Republic cruisers is probably about to scoop him up and throw him into a proper brig.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
14 Jan. 2025
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On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Dec. 2024
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Moreland, who has more than 30 years experience sailing topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques, as well as five world voyages under his belt, said the Picton Castle will be hosting a range of school groups on the vessel.—
Jennifer Larino,
NOLA.com,
6 Mar. 2018
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Among them is the Liaoning aircraft carrier lurking in waters close to the Philippines.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Regarding Chinese aircraft carrier movements, satellite imagery captured on Saturday shows the and the were pierside at a naval base in Sanya on Hainan Island.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Tall ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tall%20ship. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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