jolly boat

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Noun
  • There are 10 speeds for nearly any task, and there are also 10 attachments available that transform your mixer into a pasta maker, a veggie cutter and more.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to guarding Doncic, Kuminga looked comfortable launching bombs from behind the arc against a porous Lakers defense while also creating space as a cutter when Green had the ball at the elbow.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In a video obtained by the Associated Press, the ship is first seen in the waters being circled by a lifeboat with emergency responders aboard.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Others, a lifeboat adrift in time.
    Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Add green beans to boiling water, and cook until tender-crisp and bright green, 2 to 3 minutes.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The beat and the backing grunts are tense (and intense), but the electric piano is warm and tender.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Luckily, the zombies in 28 Years Later have yet to invent longboats, so the island society has been able to endure, albeit on a semi-permanent war footing.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 July 2025
  • Platoon after platoon scuffed down to the shoreline to clamber aboard gunboats, longboats, and six-oared, flat-bottomed bateaux.
    / CBS News, CBS News, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • The Liaoning and the Shandong are smaller – displacing 60,000 to 70,000 tons – and their launch system limits the weapons and fuel load of aircraft.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • According to market data, Li Auto has sold a total of 25,817 units since the model’s launch, reflecting steady demand in China’s growing electric MPV market.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Long before Jane became president of the women’s auxiliary , the Salvation Army helped her with food and clothing.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Then, during World War II, at the age of 8, Anderson learned to knit from her mother and grandmother, who belonged to a knitting auxiliary, creating sweaters, vests, bed socks and more.
    Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The ship's captain ordered the crew to the yawl boat.
    Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Captain William Griffin and his crew escaped, hopping on the ship’s yawl boat, in time to see the ship and its iron ore cargo vanish underwater.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But efforts to drag the barge to the site via helicopter failed, with the icebreaker getting stuck in ice and mud.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The barge was carrying a large crane, stationed in front of the tugboat captain’s pilot house.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Jolly boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jolly%20boat. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.

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