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bugeyes

noun

plural of bugeye

as in schooners

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At the higher end, with yachts over 250 feet, Americans are the majority of the market.

— Robert Frank, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
Someone who buys one hypercar is often likely to buy another, much as people who own private jets or yachts may acquire more than one.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of yachts

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The 1970s marked a reinvigoration in quilting culture, with the introduction of specialty rulers and rotary cutters for use with modern patterns.

— Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
The 1,680-ton tunnel-boring machine unveiled Monday is nearly the length of two football fields and armed with cutters harder than diamonds.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of cutters

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In-store events also offer shoppers the chance to gather and make something by hand—from personalized ornaments to holiday junk journals.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 26 Oct. 2026
Such small pieces of junk are also impossible to track and therefore avoid.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of junk

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Merchant galleons coursing into the port of Caldera would be groaning with cacao, tobacco, livestock and hardwoods, transported down by mule from the transit hub of Esparza in the mountain basin above.

— Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
The Spanish, who had at first just flitted along the coast in their galleons, had begun marching inland and overland from Mexico with crosses and soldiers and soldiers’ families.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of galleons

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The Navy is currently building five F110 Bonifaz-class frigates.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Malta, Cyprus, and Ireland have their own naval forces, but not the sort of frigates or destroyers needed for high-threat escort operations.

— Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of frigates

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Often called Miami’s oldest neighborhood, Coconut Grove sits on Biscayne Bay just south of downtown, with historic waterfront estates, a dense tree canopy, sailboats anchored offshore and restaurants within walking distance.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
This past week, activists associated with the Global Sumud Flotilla used three sailboats to confront the Sunaid X, a vessel that local unions identified as supplying the American military installation at Sigonella, Sicily.

— Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of sailboats

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Now known as Sail4th 250, the parade of ships is a successor to Operation Sail, the international flotilla of schooners and barques and windjammers brought into New York Harbor half a dozen times starting in 1964.

— Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 June 2026
Along the rocky coast, maritime traditions endure through historic lighthouses, windjammers, and working waterfronts.

— Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025

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