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Recent Examples of longboat
Colonial pilots would unload their cargo onto smaller longboats so it could be carried 100 miles upstream to New Orleans, to avoid getting stuck in the mud.
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Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
From medieval sailors buried beneath the cobblestone streets in Visby to the ruins of Norse shipyards where longboats were built 1,000 years ago, ancient maritime lore suffuses the island.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 18 Feb. 2024
The horn emanating from the golden helm is an underrated detail, as are the shoulder stripes symbolizing Norse longboats.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
Local participants, called guizers, celebrate their Norse heritage by dressing in Viking gear and marching through the town of Lerwick with battle axes and torches, dragging a ceremonial Viking longboat with them.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2023
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Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
From medieval sailors buried beneath the cobblestone streets in Visby to the ruins of Norse shipyards where longboats were built 1,000 years ago, ancient maritime lore suffuses the island.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 18 Feb. 2024
The horn emanating from the golden helm is an underrated detail, as are the shoulder stripes symbolizing Norse longboats.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
Local participants, called guizers, celebrate their Norse heritage by dressing in Viking gear and marching through the town of Lerwick with battle axes and torches, dragging a ceremonial Viking longboat with them.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for longboat
Noun
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Meanwhile, Yasmin is finding her own lifeboat as the ship goes down.—
Meg Walters,
Glamour,
2 Mar. 2026
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Making music really was my lifeboat.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The use of a memoir as a framing device isn’t a particularly original idea, and the sight of Tommy continuing to tap away at the keyboard while riding on a canal barge is borderline laughable.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
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Workers using an excavator stationed on a barge filled more than 72 bins, each holding up to 20 cubic yards of waste, with debris from the water, much of which was doused in oil.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Take a pastry cutter or sharp knife and cut straight down the center, and stack one half on top of the other.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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Beauty and Hygiene Supplies Metal tools such as eyelash curlers, tweezers, and nail cutters can be sanitized by submerging into hydrogen peroxide for 15-20 seconds, then wiping clean.—
Nishaa Sharma,
The Spruce,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Pure Amazon is the Amazon’s newest—and most stylish—riverboat.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
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Guests will be treated to a conversation with Terry Bradshaw and Jerome Bettis, a riverboat soirée with past and present players, a celebrity golf tournament with Brett Keisel, Rod Woodson, Pat Freiermuth, Alex Highsmith, and Levon Kirkland, music from Wiz Khalifa, and more.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2026
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Visitors can also stay right on the water, with third-party houseboat rentals.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
1 Mar. 2026
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Hannah, Owen and Bailey lived on a houseboat in Sausalito, California in Season 1.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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
Noun
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Or when the world saw, thanks to paparazzi photos, her bare shoulders during a private moment with Ye in the back of a Venetian motorboat.—
Anna Peele,
Vanity Fair,
6 Feb. 2026
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Afternoons are made for fresh piña coladas, languid sun worshipping, and offshore adventures on motorboats fully stocked with snorkels, fins, and local beer.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Italy has held the first keel-laying ceremony for new submarines aimed at modernizing its naval fleet.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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This gave it a dense mass like the keel of a boat.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Longboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longboat. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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