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The tanker has been sailing between Jose Terminal, Venezuela, and the Port of Ningbo in China for the past five years, according to brokers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

Over the past few months my team has been sailing against the wind.

From New York Times • May 20, 2024

Becerra has been sailing in rocky seas, battered by criticism that he appeared disengaged from the Biden administration’s pandemic response.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2022

Gibraltar released the tanker last month and it has been sailing through the Mediterranean Sea.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2019

I would not have undertaken it," said Elsie, "had I not been frightened by that hook-nosed old kite of a cavalier that has been sailing and perching round.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 by Various