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Example sentences for: overland

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The Ottoman admiral bypassed the defensive chain by having his ships dragged overland under cover of darkness, opening a second attack.
Although it is sometimes possible to enter Tibet at this border crossing, it is much easier to fly from Kathmandu to Lhasa and then travel overland back to Nepal.
From this vantage point the city could control not only the ships that passed through the strait on the important trade route between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, but also the overland traffic travelling from Europe into Asia Minor, which used the narrow strait as a crossing point.
The Bosphorus is one of the world’s most active shipping lanes, and the overland traffic is now carried by two of the world’s longest suspension bridges.
Exploration and settlement overland followed travel by sea.