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The Russian crew is trying to fix the problem and is drifting in the open sea near Portugal.
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Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
She's believed to have flown more than 3 million miles over the open sea — enough distance to fly from the Earth to the moon and back six times.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
In Jerry World, Jones is marooned, floating to nowhere, watching Jayden Daniels and Jalen Hurts drift away with the NFC East the way a bottle drifts in the open sea.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 19 Nov. 2024
Don Vonk took a boat trip on the Neptune Society’s vessel the Naiad, leaving San Francisco and motoring out beneath the Golden Gate Bridge to the open sea, to scatter his father’s ashes.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
She's believed to have flown more than 3 million miles over the open sea — enough distance to fly from the Earth to the moon and back six times.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
In Jerry World, Jones is marooned, floating to nowhere, watching Jayden Daniels and Jalen Hurts drift away with the NFC East the way a bottle drifts in the open sea.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 19 Nov. 2024
Don Vonk took a boat trip on the Neptune Society’s vessel the Naiad, leaving San Francisco and motoring out beneath the Golden Gate Bridge to the open sea, to scatter his father’s ashes.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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“The open sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20open%20sea. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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