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as in oceanic
of or relating to the sea he loves collecting little marine creatures while at the beach

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as in nautical
of or relating to navigation of the sea a collection of marine instruments, including a sextant

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marine

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noun

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Protests continued on Thursday, including a marine veteran and his wife who shaved their heads in protest outside the presidential office, a South Korean tradition. Stella Kim, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024 This community event aims to remove any debris and trash left on the beach to help preserve the natural beauty of Volusia County beaches and protect marine wildlife. Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
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Critics had their knives out for this counterterrorism action series on Paramount+, starring Zoe Saldana as a CIA operative named Joe who trains female assassins—among them, a badass marine named Cruz played to the hilt by the relatively unknown Laysla De Oliveira. Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024 Small-town corruption meets a former marine with a deadly skillset in Netflix’s Rebel Ridge. Samantha Stutsman, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for marine 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marine
Adjective
  • But that comeback is happening amid other oceanic changes, Mr. Cheeseman added.
    Alexandra E. Petri, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The museum is in the final stages of a $70-million upgrade of its Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, which houses African, ancient American and Oceanic art galleries.
    Benjamin Sutton, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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  • Then, in the evening on Dec. 7, a different kind of parade will take off — a nautical one.
    Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Utilitarian garb and fair isle flair take on a touch of camp with nautical kitsch, from crustacean creations for your home to jewelry and bag charms that can only be described as fin-flippin’ fantastic.
    Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
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  • Sok, a ranger patrolling the dense forests as part of the Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project, has witnessed firsthand the transformation brought by the project.
    Suwanna Gauntlett, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Outdoors received grant funding from Colorado Tourism to hand out 3,500 PACT Lite kits at trailheads, ranger stations, and visitors centers across the state.
    Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
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  • Aside from building the vessel, which federal maritime law requires to be constructed in the U.S., several other steps must be taken before a launch.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and their maritime employers, the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), remain at a standstill weeks after master contract talks again broke down between both parties.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Dec. 2024
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  • The Israeli Navy also attacked its Syrian counterpart in two coastal naval bases, where 15 Syrian vessels were docked.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Experts say its resident could have been the famed natural philosopher and naval leader Pliny the Elder, who commanded the fleet of 70 ships at the nearby Roman port at Misenum.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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  • While raiders still rampaged, the Tonkawa more than doubled the number of the city's defenders.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Nov. 2024
  • More than 800 years ago, raiders threw a dead body into a well outside a Norwegian castle.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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  • Biscayne National Park Only five percent of this national park is on land—the rest is underwater.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Buy Now See Which PEOPLE Book Picks Also Made the New York Times' Top 100 of 2024 02 of 20 'A History of the World in 12 Shipwrecks' by David Gibbins Dive deep into what shipwrecks tell us about mankind's history with underwater archeologist David Gibbins.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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  • Hessler served in the U.S. Army as a field artilleryman for six years, retiring as a staff sergeant before serving two years as a patrol officer for the Baltimore City Police, followed by a lateral transfer to Carroll in March of 2021.
    Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
  • During the 1930s and '40s, what was left of Indianola was turned into a major training base for thousands of artillerymen.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Mar. 2024

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“Marine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marine. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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