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is sailing

  • present progressive
    of sail (3rd person singular).
    sail
    noun
    an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.

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The MV Hondius is sailing from Cape Verde, where three infected people had already been evacuated earlier in the week.

From Barron's ● May 10, 2026

The exercises are taking place not far from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is sailing off the coast of Oman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

A US military ship is sailing towards the Middle East, carrying equipment to build a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza, the army says.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024

Because we're all in the same boat: the Earth that is sailing through space.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2023

One of his ships is sailing from Plymouth next Sunday, and it will put in at Cadiz on the way to Turkey.'

From Orientations by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham