jolly boat

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Noun
  • Rockies starter Kyle Freeland fired a first-pitch cutter.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 4 July 2025
  • And the cutter the first inning, just got his hands inside of it and kept it fair.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • In 1915, La Follette pushed through the Seaman’s Act, which required ships to carry enough lifeboats for all passengers and crew.
    Time, Time, 16 July 2025
  • This includes inspecting lifeboats, overhauling fire systems, servicing engines, and checking the hull for wear and tear.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • As of Friday, 766 personnel, 16 water tenders, 24 fire crews and other resources have been assigned to the Dale Fire.
    Jamie Parsons, The Washington Examiner, 19 July 2025
  • Expect a fun take on bar food ranging from burgers and chicken tenders to barbacoa bowls and kimchi fried rice to accompany the summery cocktail list ranging from $16-45 and select beers starting at $7.
    Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • That’s what makes the launch of Delphi Intelligence notable.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • One winning act last year, however, needed to travel eight hours in a launch down their local river and then another hour in the Pacific Ocean to reach port city Buenaventura, three hours from Cali.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • The Women of Dedication luncheon is the signature fundraiser of the women’s auxiliary, which was founded in the 1950s and supports The Salvation Army’s social service programs.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
  • 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
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
  • This company's launch vehicle, simply named Maia, is designed with a recoverable and reusable booster stage that will land on an offshore barge following liftoff from the Guiana Space Center in South America.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025
  • An unpermitted fireworks barge that exploded, injuring a half-dozen people in Alabama.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 8 July 2025
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“Jolly boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jolly%20boat. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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