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  • Much like a floating Club Med, “The Swimming City” by Andras Gyorfi could be the perfect solution for ocean-bound adventure seekers.

    Rebecca Paul | Inhabitat 2010

  • With evacuation in place and the ocean-bound wind, we can ensure the safety, he said at a news conference early Saturday.

    Nuclear emergency declared at quake-damaged reactor 2011

  • It so happened that the particulars of ocean-bound thievery led the most efficient form to be one a relatively egalitarian rule-based one

    An-arrgh-Chy! « Christopher Colaninno 2008

  • He wrote that “these penal laws have been enforced at all times with great vigor, in every ocean-bound State in the Union.”

    Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

  • He wrote that “these penal laws have been enforced at all times with great vigor, in every ocean-bound State in the Union.”

    Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

  • He wrote that “these penal laws have been enforced at all times with great vigor, in every ocean-bound State in the Union.”

    Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

  • He wrote that “these penal laws have been enforced at all times with great vigor, in every ocean-bound State in the Union.”

    Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

  • The ocean-bound steamers far away on the horizon inspired him with no curiosity as to their destination; the house Ethelberta had occupied was positively hateful; and he turned away to wait impatiently for the hour at which he had promised to drive on to meet Sol at Corvsgate.

    The Hand of Ethelberta 2006

  • Though its uniqueness has led to speculation that foreign seafarers built the ship from local materials for ocean-bound voyages, Pederson says the boat's construction would keep it closer to home.

    A Puzzling Wreck 2004

  • While the United States is a major ocean-bound cargo destination, it has given up control of the shipping business to often subsidized foreign companies.

    CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2004 2004

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