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catamarans

noun

plural of catamaran

as in yachts

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Millions more went to charters of luxury jets and yachts, motorsport firms and purchases at luxury retailers in Europe.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
The main deck has neither a forward owner’s suite nor a formal salon—as is typical for most yachts in the category—but rather one expansive social space with a spacious central lounge that flows to the aft cockpit and exterior deck.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of yachts

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Rather than replacing frigates and other anti-submarine platforms, Arctic Hunter is intended to give them more persistent sensing coverage across some of NATO’s most strategically important waters.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 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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According to the agency, cutters have returned almost 350 people since August to the Dominican Republic who were stopped transiting the passage.

— Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
Costume designer Libby Dempster works with a variety of artisans, including a weaver, the armory department, the jewelry department, pattern cutters, a textiles team and a breakdown team, who make the clothes look worn in.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of cutters

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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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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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Others make the far shorter but often equally dangerous crossing from the Turkish coast to nearby Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, often in unseaworthy inflatable dinghies or other small boats.

— CBS News, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026
The arrival of tens of thousands of asylum seekers across the English Channel in dinghies each year has kept the subject high up the political agenda.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

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