as in longboat
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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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Meanwhile, Yasmin is finding her own lifeboat as the ship goes down.—
Meg Walters,
Glamour,
2 Mar. 2026
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Making music really was my lifeboat.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The use of a memoir as a framing device isn’t a particularly original idea, and the sight of Tommy continuing to tap away at the keyboard while riding on a canal barge is borderline laughable.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
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Workers using an excavator stationed on a barge filled more than 72 bins, each holding up to 20 cubic yards of waste, with debris from the water, much of which was doused in oil.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In addition, running back Kimani Vidal received an exclusive rights tender, binding him to the Chargers and removing his ability to negotiate with other teams.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
10 Mar. 2026
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Melting cabbage is so silky and tender.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Take a pastry cutter or sharp knife and cut straight down the center, and stack one half on top of the other.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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Beauty and Hygiene Supplies Metal tools such as eyelash curlers, tweezers, and nail cutters can be sanitized by submerging into hydrogen peroxide for 15-20 seconds, then wiping clean.—
Nishaa Sharma,
The Spruce,
5 Mar. 2026
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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Pure Amazon is the Amazon’s newest—and most stylish—riverboat.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
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Guests will be treated to a conversation with Terry Bradshaw and Jerome Bettis, a riverboat soirée with past and present players, a celebrity golf tournament with Brett Keisel, Rod Woodson, Pat Freiermuth, Alex Highsmith, and Levon Kirkland, music from Wiz Khalifa, and more.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Visitors can also stay right on the water, with third-party houseboat rentals.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
1 Mar. 2026
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Hannah, Owen and Bailey lived on a houseboat in Sausalito, California in Season 1.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Bumboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumboat. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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