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lifeboats

noun

plural of lifeboat

as in longboats

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All of the tools and materials needed to complete the class were provided, including flowers and foliage, chicken wire, floral foam, waterproof tape, vessels, and floral cutters.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 19 Sep. 2026
The Coast Guard reported on Friday morning that three cutters remain actively searching, and air and ocean surface searches were conducted overnight.

— Kathy Laskowski, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of cutters

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The new tender, which seeks bids from developers, would bring the total number of housing units for the E1 project to 3,401.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
The British broadcaster on Thursday launched a competitive tender for Season 16, in which producers will pitch in a bake-off-style process to refresh the iconic sci-fi series.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of tender

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From there, the builder installs two clamping, adjustable keels called leeboards that act together like a centerboard.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
Jennifer Jason Leigh, as the freshman with a lot to learn, proaches her Stacy with the most even of keels.

— Gina Friedlande, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026

Definition of keels

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Tariffs on cement, road salt and hospital pads were removed and replaced with duties on all-terrain vehicles, some cheeses and motorboats.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Today, the use of motorboats has made the hunt increasingly controversial, placing traditional subsistence practices at the center of debates about culture, livelihoods and marine conservation.

— Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of motorboats

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This type of maritime migration is different from the once-common arrivals of rafts and other homemade vessels that Cubans are known to use to escape their homeland, and the overloaded freighters and sailboats used by people fleeing Haiti.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
The Coast Guard had dropped inflatable rafts in the water nearby, but the teen — who was suffering from hypothermia — was too weak to swim to them.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of rafts

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Packaged dessert launches, including protein mousses, cheesecake cups and frozen bark, that lead with cottage cheese on the front of the label.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026
Starship has carried small batches of V3 Starlinks on previous launches, but those missions’ suborbital trajectories meant the satellites burned up in Earth’s atmosphere rather than remaining in orbit.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026

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