tall ship
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The show is set on board the American Pride tall ship docked at Long Beach’s Pine Avenue Pier, a 130-foot schooner that today is primarily used as an education-focused vessel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2025
Mexicans are mourning the death of two young Navy cadets who were killed on Saturday when the training tall ship ARM Cuauhtémoc crashed into Brooklyn Bridge.
From BBC ● May 19, 2025
In the background you can see the Olympic flame arriving on a three-mast tall ship into the French port of Marseille, having sailed from Greece, and the high-rolling waves representing surfing events in Tahiti.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
In keeping with the nautical theme, please enjoy Bill Belichick’s tall ship commemorative plate.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2020
Then he saw against the Sun, sinking blood-red into a wrack of clouds, the black outline of a tall ship with torn sails riding up out of the West.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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