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NARROW SEAS, English law. Those seas which adjoin the coast of England. Bac. Ab. Prerogative, B 3.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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From barely being able to swim, Olympian Tessa Sanderson is embarking on a charity English Channel adventure for a new TV series
"The athlete Anel Sytdykova became the first ever representative of Kazakhstan, who could pass the English Channel. It is a great sample of an iron will, real mastery.
TEMP: During the swim season, the English Channel is 14-18C.
French inventor Franky Zapata has become the first person in history to successfully cross the English Channel on a kerosene-powered board.
MORE than 74 illegal migrants in eight boats were intercepted in the English Channel yesterday.
Take inspiration from comedian and presenter David Walliams and take on the English Channel for Heart Research UK - but from the comfort of the local pool.
1912: American Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.
1912: American Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel. 1951: The British submarine Affray sank in the English Channel with the loss of 75 lives.
| 1912: American Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel. | 1951: The British submarine Affray sank in the English Channel with the loss of 75 lives.
RELATIVES and friends of missing Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala went on a special flight to view the area where the plane he was in disappeared over the English Channel.
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