by sea

idiom

: by means of a ship
We traveled by sea.

Examples of by sea in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Combat vehicles, boats, sophisticated cannons, missile launchers and air defense systems are much more difficult and take longer to transfer — in part because their size often requires them to be shipped by sea and heavily guarded trains. Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 3 May 2024 About 400 tons of aid arrived Sunday at the Israeli port of Ashdod – the largest shipment yet by sea via Cyprus – according to the United Arab Emirates. Tia Goldenberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2024 Biden, in his State of the Union address on March 7, announces plans to build a floating pier on Gaza’s coast to enable deliveries by sea. Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024 A week earlier, on March 23, a convoy carrying WCK food that was part of the first shipment received by sea in a maritime humanitarian operation inaugurated by the group, was at the center of a chaotic scene at Kuwaiti Roundabout in Gaza City. Gabe Joselow, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024 Related article Aid is being shipped to Gaza by sea. Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024 The crisis in Haiti has fueled concerns that Florida and Puerto Rico could see a wave of Haitian migration by sea. Syra Ortiz Blanes The Miami Herald (tns), arkansasonline.com, 28 Mar. 2024 Countries have attempted less efficient ways to deliver aid, including airdrops and by sea. Tia Goldenberg, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024 The attack killed six foreign nationals and a Palestinian, all of whom had handled the food aid that had arrived in Gaza by sea. Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024

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“By sea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20sea. Accessed 14 May. 2024.

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