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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
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The lunar module became their lifeboat to hurtle back to Earth.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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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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Firefighting efforts include 76 engines, 41 water tenders, five helicopters, 77 dozers and 36 hand crews.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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During September, nationwide organizations like the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, NAMI and 988 Lifeline launch initiatives to raise awareness and take action for suicide prevention.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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In an exclusive interview, the rapper and actress opens up about navigating menopause and announces the launch of the new WeightWatchers for Menopause campaign, a holistic program to help women during the natural transition.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Then, during World War II, at the age of 8, Anderson learned to knit from her mother and grandmother, who belonged to a knitting auxiliary, creating sweaters, vests, bed socks and more.—
Talia McWright,
Twin Cities,
17 Aug. 2025
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Baraka was a central figure of the Black Arts Literary Movement — the cultural auxiliary to the 1960s Black Power movement, according to NorthJersey.com, part of the USA TODAY Network.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
9 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
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Other soybeans continue their journey to global markets, moving through the heartland by rail or barge to ports, then across oceans.—
Gary McGuigan,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The decommissioned Navy barge from the outside.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Jolly boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jolly%20boat. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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