off the/our etc. bow
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- The lookout shouted, 'Land ahoy, two points off the starboard bow!'
- We spotted a school of dolphins about 200 meters off our bow.
- The captain saw an unidentified vessel approaching off the port bow.
- There's a dangerous reef located just a mile off the bow.
- Through the binoculars, I could see a lighthouse flashing faintly off the bow.
- The sonar detected a large object moving slowly off our bow.
- A sudden waterspout formed a short distance off the ship's bow.
- The rescue boat was now visible, coming into view off our bow.
- He pointed to a group of islands that were just visible on the horizon off the bow.
- The ice patrol warned of a large iceberg drifting off the bow.