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Recent Examples of lifeboat
Many vestiges of the ship’s seafaring past remain intact, however, from a claustrophobia-inducing propeller shaft to six original lifeboats hanging from pulleys on either side of the vessel.
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Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Now sinking, the NCAA is offloading responsibilities to lifeboats.
—Jim Martin, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
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, 8 Aug. 2025
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Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Now sinking, the NCAA is offloading responsibilities to lifeboats.
—Jim Martin, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
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, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifeboat
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
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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
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
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Mules on the towpath along the canal could pull a heavy barge at a clip of 4 miles per hour – far faster than the job of dragging wagons over primitive roads.—
Christine Keiner,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
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Much of the barge remains above water, albeit at a precarious angle.—
Heather Richardson,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Without access to many kitchen supplies, the women improvised, using wine bottles and shell casings as rolling pins and baking soda tins as cutters.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Walker also wanted Scherzer to execute his fastball and slider glove side, throw a strike-to-ball changeup and place his cutter at the top of the zone.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Bake in preheated oven, rotating pans top to bottom and flipping potatoes gently after 15 minutes, until tender and golden brown, about 25 minutes.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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In her tender debut short, writer-director Nishi Dugar delicately explores how children confront the first ripples of loss.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Remembering the Ohio River's riverboat glory days.—
Rasputin Todd,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Oct. 2025
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Tiffany and his wife owned and operated a riverboat cruise business, Wilderness Cruises, for two decades.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Long before Jane became president of the women’s auxiliary , the Salvation Army helped her with food and clothing.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
9 Oct. 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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The vessel had been ice-locked since January in the Weddell Sea, and by October’s end, the ice had torn off the rudder, ripped the keel, broken the deck beams in the engine room and punched holes in the sides of the boat.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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In these birds, the sternum bears a keel that provides additional attachment for the muscles that power the flight stroke.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Lifeboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifeboat. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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