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Recent Examples of lifeboat
Once all the lifeboats were gone, Gracie then helped the crew retrieve several collapsible lifeboats.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
The digital evidence indicates he was swept out to sea while attempting to launch one last lifeboat, which matches the account of survivor and second officer Charles Lightoller.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
Thirty-five engineers went down shoveling coal into the boilers to keep the deck lit where lifeboats were being launched and to keep the wireless room powered.
—Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
The Princess of Wales has had plenty of practice with this in the past, as her first official engagement with Prince William in February 2011 was pouring champagne on a lifeboat in Wales a few months before their royal wedding, marking her first duty in a working royal role.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 22 May 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
The digital evidence indicates he was swept out to sea while attempting to launch one last lifeboat, which matches the account of survivor and second officer Charles Lightoller.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
Thirty-five engineers went down shoveling coal into the boilers to keep the deck lit where lifeboats were being launched and to keep the wireless room powered.
—Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
The Princess of Wales has had plenty of practice with this in the past, as her first official engagement with Prince William in February 2011 was pouring champagne on a lifeboat in Wales a few months before their royal wedding, marking her first duty in a working royal role.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifeboat
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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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High up the sides of the room is a forest of fake fir trees on the peaks of the mountain and on the lower level there’s a harbour with full-size longboats sitting in it.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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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Until this factory is up and running, SpaceX plans to transport Starships and Super Heavy boosters horizontally via barges from South Texas to Cape Canaveral.—
Stephen Clark – Jun 9,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2025
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Elliot said the crane will be removed by an even larger crane perched atop a barge.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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To cut dough by machine: Run the pasta sheets through the pasta cutter, then toss noodles with flour to prevent sticking.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2025
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The United States Coast Guard cutter USCGC Stratton, left, conducts an exercise with the Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS Spey, right, in the East China Sea on June 1, 2025.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
Noun
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The firefighting efforts involve 21 engines, eight water tenders, three helicopters, three dozers and two hand crews.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2025
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Bo's Bird Dogs are actually chicken tenders dressed up like a dog, giving it a unique Carolina twist.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
24 June 2025
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There’s also a great deal of riverboat cruises that depart from Amsterdam, including Viking’s trip down the Rhine — eight days with stops in Germany, France and Switzerland.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
25 May 2025
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Passengers will sail on the American Symphony, a nearly new riverboat with decor that has nautical blue-and-white touches.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
27 May 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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Founded in the 1950s, the auxiliary supports The Salvation Army’s social service programs.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Since the end of the era of Richard Nixon– a president who, in secret, tried to pressure then-Fed chief Arthur Burns to soften up on policy ahead of the 1972 election – his successors have all supported an independent Fed so that the central bank can keep the economy on an even keel.—
Ron Insana,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
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The vessel has been slowly raised from the seabed, 165 feet down, over the past three days to allow the steel lifting straps, slings and harnesses to be secured under the keel.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 June 2025
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“Lifeboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifeboat. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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