Definitions

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  • noun The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore

Etymologies

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mid- +‎ ocean

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Examples

  • The navy had tentatively offered to arrange a midocean rendezvous if they happened to have a ship in my part of the ocean while I was out there.

    Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009

  • The navy had tentatively offered to arrange a midocean rendezvous if they happened to have a ship in my part of the ocean while I was out there.

    Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009

  • But even in midocean, I felt that manners mattered and it would be rude to refuse it.

    Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009

  • But even in midocean, I felt that manners mattered and it would be rude to refuse it.

    Rowing the ATLANTIC Roz Savage 2009

  • In midocean the ship collided with a sleeping whale.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • In midocean the ship collided with a sleeping whale.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • Any time the gas gauge on the car dropped below one-half she became as nervous as a fighter pilot sweating out a midocean aerial refueling.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

  • Any time the gas gauge on the car dropped below one-half she became as nervous as a fighter pilot sweating out a midocean aerial refueling.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

  • Any time the gas gauge on the car dropped below one-half she became as nervous as a fighter pilot sweating out a midocean aerial refueling.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

  • Any time the gas gauge on the car dropped below one-half she became as nervous as a fighter pilot sweating out a midocean aerial refueling.

    Riding Rockets Astronaut Mike Mullane 2006

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