deepwater
having, requiring, or operating in deep water: deepwater shipping; deepwater drilling for oil.
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How to use deepwater in a sentence
Of particular interest to Cheriton, Sherman and their colleagues was whether the pollution had reached deepwater, or mesophotic, reefs farther offshore, which could be a refuge for coral species that were known to be dying in shallower areas.
A coral pollution study unexpectedly helped explain Hurricane Maria’s fury | Martin J. Kernan | September 7, 2022 | Science NewsBP—No surprise here, but the energy company behind the deepwater Horizon oil spill gets no love on the Internet.
And he had broken ground on Porto Açu, a massive deepwater port meant to break the logjam of Brazilian shipping.
The Brutal Fall of Brazilian Billionaire Eike Batista | Mac Margolis | June 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThese devoted investigators are returning to Nikumaroro next month with deepwater search equipment.
Once the seal was set, the deepwater Horizon floating rig would move on.
At the top is the federal response to the deepwater Horizon drilling disaster and the subsequent oil spill.
To borrow the lines of these fleet and graceful models and apply them to the design of a deepwater ship was a bold conception.
The Old Merchant Marine | Ralph D. Painedeepwater shipping dwindled and died, but the increase in coastwise sailing was consistent.
The Old Merchant Marine | Ralph D. PaineThat wind-blown voice of his, with its deepwater melodiousness, had dropped to a whisper.
Mrs. 'Arvey, and the Drews, an' us, and there isn't another cottage to be had anywhere in deepwater.
The Skin Game (Fourth Series Plays) | John GalsworthyWe've got these people: We'll have them out of deepwater in six months.
The Skin Game (Fourth Series Plays) | John Galsworthy
Other Idioms and Phrases with deepwater
see in deep, def. 2.
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