as in longboat
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Noun
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High up the sides of the room is a forest of fake fir trees on the peaks of the mountain and on the lower level there’s a harbour with full-size longboats sitting in it.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025 -
Colonial pilots would unload their cargo onto smaller longboats so it could be carried 100 miles upstream to New Orleans, to avoid getting stuck in the mud.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
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The captain explains where to find life jackets, where the lifeboats are located, and how to respond in an emergency.—
Andrew Rosen,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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His lifeboat had struck the ship and capsized instantly.—
Joel Sams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025
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Last winter, after a Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk crashed into the bay, the helicopter was lifted from 15 feet of water and stabilized on a barge.—
Kristina Davis,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
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The top to-do item for Blue Origin is flying New Glenn again—and recovering the giant rocket's first stage by landing it on an autonomous landing barge (named Jacklyn for Bezos' mother).—
Rob Pegoraro,
PCMAG,
12 Feb. 2025
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Christie’s won the tender after a bidding war with Sotheby’s.—
George Nelson for ArtNews,
Robb Report,
22 Feb. 2025
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The tender the Bears will have some decisions on is the restricted free-agent one.—
Kevin Fishbain,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Harrison’s addition of a cutter and harder slider could aid him in his quest for more whiffs.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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The extent to which the federal government has been privatized across the board is rarely discussed, especially not by would-be cost cutters like Musk and Vought.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Dove/Torr Cottage, Centerport After a decade living on their yawl in Huntington Harbor and a stint upstate after his mother died, artists Arthur Dove and Helen Torr were able to purchase an old post-office building perched alongside Titus Mill Pond in 1938.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
27 July 2024
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Prior to the incident, Wilson had been aboard a 52-foot yawl named the Emerald with friends Oster and Colleen McGovern.—
Nicole Briese,
Peoplemag,
24 May 2024
Noun
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The Green Legion, for example, is chartering two flights to the Super Bowl and renting out two riverboats near Mardi Gras World for their fans' stay.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
4 Feb. 2025
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The company purchased two aging riverboat casinos in Gary, with plans to move the licenses to far more lucrative locations ― one along the interstate in Gary and another in Terre Haute.—
Tony Cook,
The Indianapolis Star,
14 Jan. 2025
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For example, through March 3, the houseboat rental company Le Boat is offering a deal that saves travelers the normal 13 percent tax on weeklong rentals on the Trent-Severn Waterway in Ontario, a 52 Places to Go pick this year.—
Elaine Glusac,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The 65-year-old Boston attorney found dead on his houseboat this month was discovered with pink fingernails stuck to his chest, authorities say.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Bumboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumboat. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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