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Noun
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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
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Being stranded at sea on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger doesn’t necessarily sit at the top of most people’s list.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Sep. 2025
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For a good part of the show, the action takes place with the four leads onstage confined to a lifeboat.—
Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Anemoi revealed that the sails were transported by barge and lifted directly onto the deck.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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In Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina, another company is marketing a 31-room floating hotel — resembling a converted barge — with stays from $270 a night.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Dave’s menu is relatively simple, with oversized chicken tenders and sliders as go-to orders.—
Amanda Hancock,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Pesto pasta features tender noodles in a satiny basil pesto sauce.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Coast Guard cutter William Hart's crew also diverted to assist with the response.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Coast Guard members unloaded bales of cocaine from the cutter Midgett at the Marine Terminal in Barrio Logan on Thursday.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The ship's captain ordered the crew to the yawl boat.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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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
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My grandparents love to travel, and the next trip on their calendar is a riverboat cruise from Paris all around northern France.—
Melony Forcier,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Sep. 2025
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Dressed in a black hat, black bell-bottoms, and a jacket with turquoise accents, the Louisiana country singer gave a soulful, twangy reading of the riverboat tale, effortlessly commanding the crowd with just a few shimmies and finger points.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Glide down the Sekonyer River toward Tanjung Puting National Park on a private klotok, a traditional wooden houseboat equipped with modern accommodation.—
Desiree Norman,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Sep. 2025
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Marc Jacobs’s Greenwich Village townhouse, Bjarke Ingels’s houseboat, and Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz’s modernist home all appear in the collection.—
Jane Hanson,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Bumboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumboat. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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