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Recent Examples of yacht
Noun
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancee Lauren Sanchez kicked back on his yacht there to kick off the new year, shortly after celebrating her 55th birthday on board. Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025 The sailboats in the force ranged from day cruisers to 150-foot racing yachts. David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
Superyacht owners and yachting industry operators who value and prioritize efforts that minimize the impact of travel on the environment can be confident that Dubai is at the forefront of meeting this requirement. Dubai Tourism Contributor, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 Some were brand flagships, others new models in existing families, and even more showed innovative designs that are new to yachting. Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for yacht 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yacht
Noun
  • The Shipwreck Bar is an actual schooner that once belonged to the resort’s original owner.
    Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The schooner’s South Australian owner escaped conviction on slavery charges because the prosecution didn’t have enough evidence to prove that working conditions at the ship’s destination of Fiji constituted slavery.
    Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • For more than a decade, a legal fight over who gets access to Oswego Lake has pitted the wealthy enclave against two would-be lake users who argue the public should be able to swim and boat there.
    Kale Williams, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Some shippers, however, have argued that the rules could be economically devastating to boating and shipping industries.
    CBS News, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Sweeping sanctions by the U.S. against Russia’s energy companies and operators of vessels that transport oil will complicate Indian efforts to keep importing cheap Russian crude and could push up inflation in Asia’s third-largest economy, analysts said.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
  • As of January 17, the locations of 12 vessels were publicly available via military disclosures, as well as open-source imagery captured by satellites or ship-spotters.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • It’ll be replaced by Lost Shaker Bar & Grill, which plans to infuse the dive bar with craft cocktails and elevated comfort food.
    Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Afterschool Club: 3 to 4 p.m., Ramona Community Library, 1275 Main St. Participate in a variety of activities including LEGOs, crafts, games and more.
    Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Yacht.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yacht. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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