Bounding blue (3)

I believe the answer is:

sea

(Other definitions for sea that I've seen before include "host of 1d [ADVENTURE]" , "7 [ship] s on this" , "Caspian, e.g." , "North for one" , "Great expanse of water" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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