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shipping (out)

verb

Definition of shipping (out)

present participle of ship (out)

as in sailing

to travel on water in a vessel after college he decide to ship out on a tramp steamer and see the world

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The unfortunate crew of the doomed vessel were likely sailing to the west when disaster struck, the researchers wrote in a study about the wreck that was published earlier this year.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026
The fourth ship was identified as the Al Saadiyat, sailing under the Marshall Islands flag.

— Mark Osborne, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

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