sea return
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In the center, a ragged splash of light reflected the "sea return," the radar echo bouncing back from the vicious waves of the gale-roiled Atlantic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beyond the sea return there was only the icy Atlantic night.
From Time Magazine Archive
Twenty miles south of Scotland Light they dump their burdens into the dark sea, return.
From Time Magazine Archive
But even if it were recorded, a spokesman points out, the momentary disappearance of a ship on a radar screen is a common occurrence, the result of rain clutter, sea "return" or other natural causes.
From Time Magazine Archive
There he would slay some crawling thing from the sea, return with his prize to mingle eating with drinking, until sated with both, he would fall back unconscious among the flowers.
From Half A Chance by Isham, Frederic Stewart
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