territorial waters
plural noun
: the waters under the sovereign jurisdiction of a nation or state including both marginal sea and inland waters
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Owned by a state-run behemoth called the China National Fisheries Corp., the Lu Yan Yuan Yu 10 was one of several hundred Chinese jiggers — as squid ships are known — that routinely visit the fishing grounds that lie beyond Argentina’s territorial waters.
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Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
And in South America, the increasingly foreign presence in territorial waters is stoking nationalist worry in places like Peru and Argentina.
—Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
Two Taiwanese and three Indonesian crew members were detained as the boat operated 11.2 nautical miles from the mainland coast in China’s territorial waters, said Hsieh Ching-chin, deputy director general of Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration.
—Eric Cheung, CNN, 3 July 2024
Those countries bordering Russia fully grasp the danger: The Kremlin has been upping cyberwarfare, sabotage, and assassination attempts within many of their countries and inside their territorial waters.
—Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
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Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
And in South America, the increasingly foreign presence in territorial waters is stoking nationalist worry in places like Peru and Argentina.
—Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
Two Taiwanese and three Indonesian crew members were detained as the boat operated 11.2 nautical miles from the mainland coast in China’s territorial waters, said Hsieh Ching-chin, deputy director general of Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration.
—Eric Cheung, CNN, 3 July 2024
Those countries bordering Russia fully grasp the danger: The Kremlin has been upping cyberwarfare, sabotage, and assassination attempts within many of their countries and inside their territorial waters.
—Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
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