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The age of sail, when pirates like Johnny Depp’s fictional Jack Sparrow roamed the seven seas, ended about 200 years ago.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
1 July 2026 Curiously, former Aquaman star, Jason Moma, is also in this film, though not as a lord of the seven seas.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026 While women pirates weren’t exactly a dime a dozen even during the height of piracy, there were a surprising number of fearless females who plied the seven seas.—Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026 Sculpted by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the seven rays on Liberty’s crown represent the sun, the seven seas, and the seven continents.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seven seas