as in coastal
of, relating to, or situated in the waters near the shore
environmentalists adamantly opposed offshore drilling in the area
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On Saturday, human rights group Amnesty International protested Brazil’s plans for offshore oil drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River.
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Mauricio Savarese, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
Suriname, a former Dutch colony independent since 1975, is expected to see a surge in revenues from the nation’s first big offshore energy development, an oil and gas project led by TotalEnergies TTEF.PA.
—CNN Money, 6 July 2025
Via the new facility, New World also aligned its other existing offshore unsecured bank loans.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 2 July 2025
Raw numbers only tell part of the story, as IRS-CI plays a central role in dismantling financial networks behind everything from international drug trafficking and terrorism to pandemic fraud and offshore tax shelters.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Mauricio Savarese, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
Suriname, a former Dutch colony independent since 1975, is expected to see a surge in revenues from the nation’s first big offshore energy development, an oil and gas project led by TotalEnergies TTEF.PA.
—CNN Money, 6 July 2025
Via the new facility, New World also aligned its other existing offshore unsecured bank loans.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 2 July 2025
Raw numbers only tell part of the story, as IRS-CI plays a central role in dismantling financial networks behind everything from international drug trafficking and terrorism to pandemic fraud and offshore tax shelters.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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“Offshore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offshore. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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