‘Mankind is drawn to the heavens for the same reason we were once drawn into unknown lands and across the open sea.’
‘During that year divers regularly encountered large groups of rays in a channel leading from the open sea into Yap's lagoon.’
‘Shore leave is restricted, but the tedium is relieved every three weeks or so when she heads out to the open sea to make fresh water, giving the ship's company a break from the heat and mosquitoes.’
‘Two to three metre thick ice plates quickly replaced the open sea.’
‘Its water was almost as blue and as clear as the open sea outside.’
‘The highlight of the day was a trip on a speed boat on the open sea.’
‘Once again the northern harbor was gripped by fog, and it drew in even as the sea-raider's ship sailed out towards the open sea.’
‘Once past the Isle of Wight they were in to the English Channel and the open sea.’
‘It is also only 340 miles south of Baghdad, close to the border with Iran, and 75 miles from the open sea of the Persian Gulf.’
‘As a wave passes through the open sea, the water moves only up and down.’
‘The plan for today is a deep exploration dive on the outer reef to a maximum of 105m, swimming back through the arch from the open sea and into the lagoon.’
‘It was a lonely evening somewhere about 6 p.m. when sails were set and we quietly sailed out to the open sea.’
‘Policymakers are aware that, like a ship on the open sea, the U.S. economy cannot be turned on a dime.’
‘The girls awoke at midafternoon to the rolling and swaying of a ship on the open sea.’
‘There would be no monsters to slay, no treasures to find, no damsels in distress - just an ordinary cruise on the open sea.’
‘When the Navy was seen to retreat to the safety of the open sea, the morale of the land forces was severely damaged.’
‘One felt so free when they were out on the open sea that it was hard to imagine life on land again.’
‘A large lagoon, protected from the open sea by the surrounding islands, serves as a natural nursery for the population.’
‘The work evokes the open sea, as if the tide is about to carry away a small boat, suggested by the shape of an oddly placed snippet of text.’
‘There was little apprehension among the ship's crew as they sailed clear of the harbor, bound for the open sea.’
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