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While some smaller sailing companies rely more fully on a where-the-wind-takes-you approach, with no set route or cruising speeds, larger tall ship lines like Star Clippers have itineraries to keep.
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Elissa Garay, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2023
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
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Elissa Garay, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2023
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tall ship
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Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news In September 1679, a French trader and explorer arrived near Green Bay, Wisconsin, with his new merchant ship, Le Griffon.Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
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The movie takes place on a merchant ship bound for London and becomes a survival horror story as the crew starts getting laid to waste by a most surprising passenger hidden within the boxes below deck.Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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Many of the biggest trees had thick, wrinkled bark, indicating old age.April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
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Many late-night snack options are healthy and delicious, such as Greek yogurt bark, trail mix, cottage cheese ice cream, and low-carbohydrate turkey and cheese roll-ups.Jillian Kubala, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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In December, the developers flew Smith, Owens and an unidentified witness to Florida on a private jet for a meeting on a yacht.Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Then Kendall Jenner was photographed reading Babitz on a yacht, and she was name-checked — twice — on the Gossip Girl reboot.Lili Anolik, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Its story began in 1965, when a Texas oil executive named Johnno Jackson and his wife, Helen, were sailing the South Pacific on their schooner, the New Moon.Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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This July 2023 photo provided by State Historical Society of Wisconsin shows the schooner Trinidad's wheel.CBS News, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
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Local firefighters checked on homes and boats, including looking to see if anyone was inside a sailboat that landed atop a city park.Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
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The sailboat was quickly approaching a sandbar as rough surf tossed the vessel around.Greg Wehner, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2024
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The government held both Padilla and al-Marri in a Navy brig to keep them out of civilian custody.Brian Michael Jenkins, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2012
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Rare photos showcase the quirky spot where mock battles were staged while female patrons were abducted and held in the brig to see who could scream the loudest — highly inappropriate by today’s standards.Pat Saperstein, Variety, 28 June 2024
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The Joint Staff Office under the Defense Ministry of Japan reported the movement of Chan's second operational aircraft carrier, CNS Shandong, and two warship escorts in waters east of the northern Philippines.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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The shifts are likely to result in an overall decrease in the total number of U.S. troops in the Middle East, largely because an aircraft carrier contains as many as 5,000 sailors.DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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But what of those murals glorifying European colonization, with Christopher Columbus sweeping down from the sky in a caravel to find half-naked Native Americans?New York Times, New York Times, 25 May 2021
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More than that, though, the Portuguese were carrying on their wooden caravels an entirely unfamiliar culture from those the Chinese had previously met.Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 June 2020
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“Tall ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tall%20ship. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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