hoy

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Noun
  • Curved walls, brass accents, and floor-to-ceiling windows frame a generous living space—complete with a dining table that arcs like a ship’s keel and a cocktail-ready bar that glows at night.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • If bookmaking was in theory the keel that kept the ship upright, in practice Bowyer often treated it as another gamble, priding himself on taking bets that his competition wouldn’t touch.
    DAVID AMSDEN, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Several of the fallen containers struck a smaller clean air barge that was connected to the Mississippi at the time of the accident.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The production is planning to anchor a 100-foot-barge in Brooklyn Monday for a launch event, in addition to guerilla art installations throughout the week.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Healy has been patrolling the Arctic alongside the national security cutter USCGC Waesche since Saturday.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • These include American Tanto, sheepfoot, serrated and saw blade options, as well as unconventional choices like a comb and can opener/ruler/wrench/seatbelt cutter single-piece multitool.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Firefighting efforts include 76 engines, 41 water tenders, five helicopters, 77 dozers and 36 hand crews.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Culver's menu items include chicken tenders, fish, salads, soups, onion rings, French fries, butterburgers, chicken sandwiches and cheese curds.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The tug-and-pull over GOP members’ demands for more documents and testimony comes as lawmakers juggle the appropriations process and face an end-of-month deadline to fund the government.
    Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
  • When the state attorney’s office steps in, the prosecution pushes back, resulting in a legal and political tug of war that thrusts Adnan’s case into chaotic uncertainty.
    Peter White, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Others are banned entirely, including strike anywhere matches, torch lighters, and flammable aerosols like spray paint.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Guns, knives, lighters and cop cars are seen during a series of intense fast cuts.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • The lunar module became their lifeboat to hurtle back to Earth.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • An oxygen tank exploded during the April 1970 expedition, significantly damaging the spacecraft and forcing the three-person crew to use the Lunar Module as a lifeboat.
    EW.com, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Hoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoy. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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