sea mile
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile ocean freight rates have soared, further boosting revenue per sea mile.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next noon the British correspondents tersely reported that the Normandie, her leak repaired, had now broken her own first record with a 748 sea mile day at an average speed of nearly 30 knots.
From Time Magazine Archive
The company totted up record sales of $26 million last year, which is a long Philippine sea mile from its beginning in 1909, a decade after Commodore Dewey routed the Spanish colonialists in Manila Bay.
From Time Magazine Archive
Grettir determined to swim to the mainland and bring back wood; in this he was successful, though the distance was a sea mile, whereat all said his prowess both on land and sea was marvellous.
From The Book of Romance by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)
Between the two lies the main ship channel, varying in width from seven hundred and fifty yards, three miles outside, to two thousand, or about a sea mile, abreast Fort Morgan.
From Admiral Farragut by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
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