twelve-mile limit
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The Nimitz was in international waters, beyond the twelve-mile limit any nation can claim.
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2019
Pack a lunch, and I’ll see you out past the twelve-mile limit.
From Forbes ● Aug. 17, 2011
British trawler captains who disregarded the Icelandic ultimatum and penetrated within the twelve-mile limit found themselves accosted by the belligerent Icelandic coast guard.
From Time Magazine Archive
Having found rich deposits of oil and natural gas way beyond the three-or even twelve-mile limit, oilmen wanted the new laws to extend national ocean rights out to the edge of the continental shelf.
From Time Magazine Archive
"They were outside the twelve-mile limit," Scotty pointed out.
From Smugglers' Reef by Blaine, John
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