Example Sentences

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Currently, less than a tenth of America’s old oil and gas platforms are reefed.

From Economist • Jun. 12, 2014

The firm has only reefed 12 of the 60 Gulf of Mexico platforms it has decommissioned.

From Economist • Jun. 12, 2014

Not one platform off California has been reefed.

From Economist • Jun. 12, 2014

Under reefed capital sail C. & E. I. bad a good chance to operate at a profit.

From Time Magazine Archive

We have the sails tightly reefed and tied down.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos