tall ship

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Recent Examples on the Web The Dutch tall ship Oosterschelde began its two year mission as a floating laboratory, where about 200 conservationists and naturalists will gather along the way to take part in a project called Darwin200. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Aug. 2023 The nineteenth century is just visible in the background, walled off by plywood fencing: the masts of the South Street Seaport Museum’s tall ships rise like barren pines, and iron-and-brick waterfront warehouses appear crisp and silvery in the bright early light. Nicole Rudick, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023 The tall ship industry is kind of upside down right now. ... Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023 Photo: Fritz Goro The Slips of lower Manhattan—sites of former ship berths on the East River, now landfill paved into streets and plazas—evoke, in our historical memory, the tall ships and chandleries of the 19th century, when trade and New York Harbor fueled the city’s explosive growth. Hamilton Cain, WSJ, 28 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for tall ship 

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“Tall ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tall%20ship. Accessed 1 Nov. 2024.

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