high sea
noun
: the open part of a sea or ocean especially outside territorial waters
—usually used in plural
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With declining fish catches and the use of larger gillnets, OBM operators are sometimes unwilling to venture into the high seas.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
In the process, she got locked in a closet and wasn’t discovered until after Captain Massey had already hit the high sea.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 20 Mar. 2025
The booster loss was the third off the Space Coast in about 15 months having lost one in December 2023 that tipped over because of high seas, and then losing another last August when the booster caught fire and tipped over.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
She is introduced, after a fantasy dance sequence, on the high seas trying to ram an eco-warrior boat into a fishing ship.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
In the process, she got locked in a closet and wasn’t discovered until after Captain Massey had already hit the high sea.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 20 Mar. 2025
The booster loss was the third off the Space Coast in about 15 months having lost one in December 2023 that tipped over because of high seas, and then losing another last August when the booster caught fire and tipped over.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
She is introduced, after a fantasy dance sequence, on the high seas trying to ram an eco-warrior boat into a fishing ship.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
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“High sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20sea. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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