as in loads
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the babysitter had to listen to a whole raft of rules before she was allowed to even pick up the baby
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Recent Examples of raft
Usa Today Graphics Team, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
There was plenty on the scoreboard, from a raft of ambassador announcements and uniforms for national teams to Formula 1 and tunnel style confirming their positions as arenas for visibility.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
Thousands of tourists arrive in Hope each summer to raft the Class IV and V rapids of Six Mile Creek, which flows into a narrow ocean bay called Turnagain Arm, where the inrushing tide is so fierce people regularly surf it.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
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The flooding Nolichucky River overtook and surrounded Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, stranding 54 people on the roof and others in rafts.
—Usa Today Graphics Team, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
There was plenty on the scoreboard, from a raft of ambassador announcements and uniforms for national teams to Formula 1 and tunnel style confirming their positions as arenas for visibility.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
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Over the years, he’s completed the Marathon des Sables (a 150-mile-long run across the Sahara), pack rafted across Iceland and even walked from one coast of India to the other.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
Thousands of tourists arrive in Hope each summer to raft the Class IV and V rapids of Six Mile Creek, which flows into a narrow ocean bay called Turnagain Arm, where the inrushing tide is so fierce people regularly surf it.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
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The support McLaughlin found should buoy Trump’s chances of success in Congress on his legislative agenda, which is expected initially to focus on economics.Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Jan. 2025
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The market started the day on a higher note, buoyed by strength in the semiconductor sector and shrugging off a rare downgrade to sell of Apple .Jeff Marks, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
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Less than a week after their game ended with a slew of fights in the final seconds, Tuesday’s game featured five different scuffles — twice resulting in matching fighting majors and twice in matching roughing minors.Jimmy Golen, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
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President-elect Trump is expected to launch his second term with a slew of executive orders — 100 in 100 days.Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
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In the 10 games before Wednesday’s matchup against the Bucks, his scoring average ballooned to 29.8 points per game on 49.3 percent shooting.Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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A little more than two hours later, the fire had ballooned in size and was visible from space.Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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There are dozens of unexplained incursions of our airspace every year.Scott Simon, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025
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In a cul-de-sac along Alta Crest Drive, where more than a dozen homes burned, neighbors wept together in the street.Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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While Trump’s allies have floated measures to detain and deport people residing in the US illegally, the plans largely depend on the resources and funds available to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which historically has had budget shortfalls.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
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Some potential solutions were floated, but the underlying sentiment was one of mourning.Matthew Scogin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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For the driver who sees their vehicle as simple transportation, whose priorities lie with reducing greenhouse emissions, or simply who doesn’t care about what powers their car all that much, a plug-in hybrid can make a ton of sense.Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025
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Crews have been removing more than 10 tons of debris and sanitizing campuses.Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Activities include yoga, meditation and duong sinh (an Indigenous form of tai chi) sessions and swimming in the saltwater pool; there’s also access to riverside saunas, bamboo bicycles to explore Hoi An and sunset river cruises.Lindsey Tramuta Roxanne Fequiere Luke Fortney Gisela Williams Megan O’Sullivan, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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As aquatic ecologist Dania Albini explains, swimming in most rivers is increasingly dangerous due to sewage fungus and algal blooms.Aissa Dearing, JSTOR Daily, 9 Jan. 2025
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At Sony in 2001, he was suspended without pay for 30 days for falsifying film critic quotes to promote four of the studio’s movies.Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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Apple is suspending its new artificial intelligence feature summarizing alerts for news and entertainment apps after facing complaints from news outlets and press freedom groups about generating false and inaccurate information.Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Raft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raft. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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