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Recent Examples of lifeboat
But though the ship was seaworthy and well-stocked with cargo and supplies, its lifeboat was missing and not a single person was aboard.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
Expected to be a title contender, the Bucks have started 2-7 and have no lifeboats.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Not surprisingly, there were no photos taken during Shackleton’s 800-mile lifeboat journey across the South Seas to seek help.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
And his administration will have ample opportunities to slow or even kill future transactions – lifeboats that some media companies may need to survive.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
Expected to be a title contender, the Bucks have started 2-7 and have no lifeboats.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Not surprisingly, there were no photos taken during Shackleton’s 800-mile lifeboat journey across the South Seas to seek help.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
And his administration will have ample opportunities to slow or even kill future transactions – lifeboats that some media companies may need to survive.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifeboat
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
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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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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
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Blue Origin will attempt to land New Glenn’s first stage booster on a barge in the ocean 10 minutes after liftoff while its second stage heads into orbit.—
William Gavin,
Quartz,
13 Jan. 2025
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This month, construction crews on barges, drills, cranes, tugs and service vessels will begin drilling to collect soil samples and map subsurface waterways.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Jan. 2025
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The officers stopped the vehicle and initiated an investigation, which led to the discovery of several burglary tools, including a handsaw, bolt cutters, and pry tools, scattered inside the car.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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This 10-in-1 multitool features a bottle opener, a cord cutter, three hex wrenches, and a screwdriver—and that’s just the beginning.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
13 Jan. 2025
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The items for hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken tenders and more all get delivered to each stand in a process that can take up to four days.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
18 Jan. 2025
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The trick to achieving their signature tender, bouncy texture?—
Megan Zhang,
Saveur,
16 Jan. 2025
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The character of Queenie, a riverboat cook, was originally played by a white actor in blackface.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Hope finds Mel at the riverboat where the rehearsal dinner is happening (a riverboat!!!—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
19 Dec. 2024
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The station, an auxiliary of Sacramento State, in a civil lawsuit filed last month is seeking $900,000 in damages from former general manager Jun Reina and for his 4,500-square-foot West Sacramento home to be placed in a trust.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
10 Jan. 2025
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The Civil Air Patrol is an auxiliary of the US Air Force and nonprofit organization.—
Michelle Watson,
CNN,
23 Nov. 2024
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That’s beneficial for weight loss, experts say, because if blood sugar is kept on an even keel, with few spikes or dips, the body’s cells can more effectively burn fat between meals for energy.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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Beneath the mast and attached to the bottom of the keel is an aluminum cross piece, which prevents the seismometer from toppling over.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Lifeboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifeboat. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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