by sea

idiom

: by means of a ship
We traveled by sea.

Examples of by sea in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Biden, in his State of the Union address on March 7, announces plans to build a floating pier on Gaza’s coast to enable deliveries by sea. Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024 A week earlier, on March 23, a convoy carrying WCK food that was part of the first shipment received by sea in a maritime humanitarian operation inaugurated by the group, was at the center of a chaotic scene at Kuwaiti Roundabout in Gaza City. Gabe Joselow, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024 Related article Aid is being shipped to Gaza by sea. Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024 The crisis in Haiti has fueled concerns that Florida and Puerto Rico could see a wave of Haitian migration by sea. Syra Ortiz Blanes The Miami Herald (tns), arkansasonline.com, 28 Mar. 2024 Countries have attempted less efficient ways to deliver aid, including airdrops and by sea. Tia Goldenberg, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024 The attack killed six foreign nationals and a Palestinian, all of whom had handled the food aid that had arrived in Gaza by sea. Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024 Most of those tourists —over 7.9 million people— arrived in the country by sea, an increase from over 5.5 million in 2022, the tourism ministry said. Alex Sundby, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024 Food and other aid previously couldn’t enter the Haitian capital by sea due to the interruption of maritime ports, Bauer explained. Anneclaire Stapleton, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024

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“By sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20sea. Accessed 3 May. 2024.

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