Entire family clans set out to sea, usually in the spring and summer when the water was calm.

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In 1841, Herman Melville set out to sea from the city on the whaling ship Acushnet, returning after an 18-month voyage to eventually write Moby Dick, the tale of Captain Ahab's obsessive search for the great white whale.

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Other boatloads of Rohingya have allegedly been set adrift after being towed out to sea by Thai authorities.

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Shapiro has a good ear for the quote bites of contemporary celebrity culture, and the courage to set out on this endless sea.

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After one last long afternoon on the island sands, we return to dine on a mezze feast at Lodos restaurant, then stroll to watch the sun set out over the sea.

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As production and exploration companies use unorthodox methods to tap into large reserves of oil and gas in the U.S., both on the mainland and out in deep sea wells, MLPs are set to benefit.

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The research, carried out after several years of surveying sea bottom and trial trenching, was devoted to set up a fixed network, to document the site and to excavate the shipwreck.

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