whaleboat

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Recent Examples of whaleboat On July 20, 1775, Major Joseph Vose and sixty Continental soldiers landed on Little Brewster in nimble whaleboats. Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023 When a prime specimen was chosen, the men set off in a whaleboat rowed by a crew. Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Nov. 2022 Setauket whaleboat captain Caleb Brewster, meanwhile, carried messages across Long Island Sound, between Setauket and Connecticut. Bill Bleyer, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2022 Mitch Brown, 27, and his girlfriend Yanna Xian, 24, were swimming on a whaleboat tour when a baby humpback approached them. People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 10 Jan. 2022
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Noun
  • Fin whales are hunted by commercial whalers, which has dwindled their population, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
  • But based on the financial success of its previous voyages in search of sperm oil—a high-quality lighting oil derived from the spermaceti organ in the head of the sperm whale—it was considered a desirable, even lucky, ship by local whalers.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Rose’s father, Kommer, is among the few billionaires in the field, thanks to his idea of introducing standardization and modular manufacturing from the car industry to building workboats, which shorten delivery times and reduce production costs.
    Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • With little overt military value, Australia’s cheap-but-robust commercial workboats are subject to fierce debate.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes, 3 May 2023
Noun
  • The free Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry runs year-round between Hatteras and Ocracoke Island, with each one-way trip lasting 40-45 minutes.
    Staff Author, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In Brazil, Rio de Janeiro was expected to host more than 2 million people along Copacabana Beach to watch fireworks erupt from ferries parked offshore and concerts by Brazilian pop stars such as Anitta and Caetano Veloso.
    Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.
    Michael Taylor, Forbes, 22 June 2022
  • The wooden boats competed in skiff, workboat, lugger, trawler, runabout, sailboat and cruiser classes.
    Ann Benoit, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
Noun
  • For example, when over 1,000 people died in a ferryboat accident in the Red Sea in 2006, critics accused the military of failing to deploy quickly enough to rescue them.
    Jeff Martini, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011
  • On another ferryboat is the Constitution and all the state and local officials dedicated to upholding it.
    Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
Noun
  • To make the process of engaging a bank easier for residents, PNC has a minority business advocate program that helps bankers better understand their clients’ cultural and financial challenges in doing business.
    Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
  • During this time, the following things need to be addressed: • External Team: Assemble the right team of external advisors, including bankers, lawyers, auditors, investor relations experts and other advisors.
    Cody Slach, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Other projects included a new two-stage gondola, moving a beginner area out of the base area to a location higher on the mountain in order to relieve base area congestion, improving the base area with a new food and drink hall, and a skating rink.
    John Meyer, The Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2024
  • While most ski down the mountain when ready to leave, my friends and I took a gondola, which was the easier and wiser choice after a few margaritas.
    Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Take a scenic cruise along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Above the seiner, a seaplane soars towards the coastal mountains rising up and fading into the distant mist.
    David James, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023

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