as in longboat
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Noun
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High up the sides of the room is a forest of fake fir trees on the peaks of the mountain and on the lower level there’s a harbour with full-size longboats sitting in it.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025 -
Colonial pilots would unload their cargo onto smaller longboats so it could be carried 100 miles upstream to New Orleans, to avoid getting stuck in the mud.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
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The last time anyone saw the Franklin expedition was when Inuit hunters encountered starving sailors dragging a lifeboat across the ice in Washington Bay, clad in wool rather than furs.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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The ship carried about 2,240 passengers and crew, but not enough lifeboats to accommodate them all.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2025
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These technologies include a bubble barrier that removes small fish trapped under barges or carried in their wake and an acoustic deterrent that creates painful sound waves.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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This nighttime parade features beautifully decorated barges that glide along the San Antonio River.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
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The fire suppression efforts involve five engines, three water tenders and two hand crews.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2025
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The tender meat, deeply browned, flavorful crust, and of course, the lip-smacking juices all amount to an incredibly satisfying bite.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
15 May 2025
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One captain intentionally beached his boat while being pursued by a Coast Guard cutter, while another only stopped after a Coast Guard crew member fired copper slugs into the boat’s engine to disable it.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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However, there soon will be some important voices to implement a more sound space policy and speak for NASA's priorities, rather than those of budget cutters.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2025
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Dove/Torr Cottage, Centerport After a decade living on their yawl in Huntington Harbor and a stint upstate after his mother died, artists Arthur Dove and Helen Torr were able to purchase an old post-office building perched alongside Titus Mill Pond in 1938.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
27 July 2024
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Prior to the incident, Wilson had been aboard a 52-foot yawl named the Emerald with friends Oster and Colleen McGovern.—
Nicole Briese,
Peoplemag,
24 May 2024
Noun
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In the meantime, the riverboats are dry-docked at an area recycling yard.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2025
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An educational 25-minute riverboat cruise also runs further up the Weeki Wachee river and teaches visitors about native plants and animals, and the environmental threats to the springs (like fertilizer runoff from golf courses).—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Another similarly small and mobile option to throw into the mix is life on a houseboat or other type of floating home.—
Berit Thorkelson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Apr. 2025
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Rates range from 2,500 yuan (about $343) to 14,000 yuan a night for a four-bedroom villa; houseboat rooms go for 4,000 yuan, Mehta said via WeChat.—
Russell Flannery,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Bumboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumboat. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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