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as in vessel
a small buoyant structure for travel on water
paddling the little boat across the lake is great exercise, but tiring
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as in ship
a large craft for travel by water
you'll have to take a passenger boat to get to the island
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Recent Examples of boat
Sohel Uddin, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
The New York Post snapped close-up photos of the idle boat.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
In recent posts, Welch can be seen boating at high speeds on the Sacramento River and Folsom Lake in what appears to be the same boat that crashed Tuesday.
—Lucy Hodgman, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Imtiaz Tyab aboard a boat in the Strait of Hormuz.
—Sohel Uddin, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
The New York Post snapped close-up photos of the idle boat.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
Then, explore the river they were harvested from on a boating trip with May River Excursions.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
In recent posts, Welch can be seen boating at high speeds on the Sacramento River and Folsom Lake in what appears to be the same boat that crashed Tuesday.
—Lucy Hodgman, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boat
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The Indian ship was one of two vessels bearing that country’s flag that came under fire by the IRGC Navy on Saturday.—
Max Rego,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2026
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After a brief pickup in transit attempts on Saturday, shipping traffic in the Gulf stalled once again, with vessels coming under fire mid-passage and being forced to withdraw.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Navy has 16 warships — 11 destroyers, three amphibious assault ships, an aircraft carrier and a littoral combat ship — in the Middle East out of a battle force of roughly 300 total warships.—
Konstantin Toropin,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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According to the Windward website, ship spoofing is the act of transmitting false information via the Automatic Identification System, requiring vessels to disclose tracking data, including the ship's name and identification number, as well as speed, heading and course over ground.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The concierge can arrange bike rides through Lovćen National Park, white-water rafting in the Tara River Gorge, or even sailing excursions with Montenegrin Olympic sailor Milivoj Dukić.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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The site also features three miles of nature trails and a Treetop Discovery Tower with views of Lake Huron, the Straits of Mackinac and Mackinac Island, along with interpretive programming that explains how sawn lumber was rafted across behind sailing ships.—
Andy Morrison,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Guest-only experiences like catch-and-cook fishing outings and sunset yacht tours allow travelers to see—and taste—a different side of Charleston.—
Karla Walsh,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Apr. 2026
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Or, if shopping isn’t your preferred vacation activity, take the bike to the nearby Intracoastal Waterway and traverse on Palm Beach Lake Trail, a bike- and pedestrian-friendly path that abuts the water’s edge that is lined with docked yachts.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Apr. 2026
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Education couldn’t secure parking for all staffers at Labor, so the department paid for a special shuttle to ferry them across the National Mall.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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That's clear at Speedway Driving School, which caters to Latin American immigrants who have moved to the United States and need to drive for work, ferry their kids to school or grocery shop.—
David Ovalle,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2026
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The administration said the ban would protect the watershed and canoe wilderness.—
Todd Richmond,
Twin Cities,
16 Apr. 2026
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The tour ends at the Scar Trees, which are a group of trees that had their bark removed by Aboriginal Peoples for various purposes, including crafting items like canoes or shields.—
Helen Murphy,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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Book a kayak or paddleboard tour with Outer Banks Kayak Adventures for a morning or moonlight paddle through the marshes of the Roanoke Sound and Cape Hatteras National Seashore.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Conservancy's long-term vision is to expand the wetlands from a single platform into much larger installations, possibly transforming the Broad Canal into a park, a boardwalk, and even a kayak trail.—
Jacob Wycoff,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Among a raft of reforms Warsh has previously indicated he’d like to see at the central bank—advancing a bullish outlook on the productivity benefits of AI, the strength of which could provide the basis for an argument to begin a rate-cutting cycle.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
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About a mile from Parnell Beach, a group of men on jet skis began riding close to the Beards’ rafts at high speeds, the lawsuit said.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boat. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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