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Recent Examples of longboat
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.
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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
Day 9-10 - Railay Beach (one night) Where to stay
Get up early to take a longboat from Ao Nang to Railay.
—Adam Turner, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2025
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
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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
Day 9-10 - Railay Beach (one night) Where to stay
Get up early to take a longboat from Ao Nang to Railay.
—Adam Turner, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for longboat
Noun
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Resilience doesn’t come from eliminating stress—or from throwing kids into stressful situations with no lifeboat.—
Parents,
Parents,
30 May 2026
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From the beginning, the Chinese survivors were maligned by the press, even though Fang helped row the lifeboat and transport people to safety, the BBC reported.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
Noun
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During the April mission, the rocket’s first stage booster landed successfully on a seafaring barge, but the upper portion, or second stage, of the rocket didn’t manage to deliver its payload — AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite — to a safe orbit.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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Once the new location is open, Hollywood Casino’s parent company Penn Entertainment has an agreement with the city of Aurora to demolish the riverboat location in downtown, including the barge, building and walkway over the Fox River, then turn the land over to the city of Aurora.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
Noun
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Pitching coach Justin Willard helped him with some adjustments on his sweeper, and the veteran has reintroduced his cutter.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
5 June 2026
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On the first pitch of his assignment, Lewis ripped a 91 mph cutter from Omaha’s Mitch Spence for a home run.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Aboard his 120-foot-long riverboat, Terry is among those who've shaped the country, even as he himself has been shaped by the Mississippi.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
31 May 2026
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Once the new location is open, Hollywood Casino’s parent company Penn Entertainment has an agreement with the city of Aurora to demolish the riverboat location in downtown, including the barge, building and walkway over the Fox River, then turn the land over to the city of Aurora.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
Noun
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Among the lots are a $150,000 David Yurman diamond bracelet, a Nile cruise for up to six guests on Christian Louboutin’s houseboat, and a safari for up to a dozen people at a game refuge in South Africa.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
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Based on a viral short film, the movie features Martin Freeman and Susie Porter as a couple who have commandeered a houseboat to evade hordes of rapacious undead.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
1 May 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
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The hotel also acquired a Riva motorboat, one of 18 of its kind in the world, that ferries guests on lake cruises before returning to the Carbone Riviera dock.—
Winston Ross,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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The boat, a 39-foot Sea Ray Cabin motorboat, was anchored at the Haulover sandbar with 13 passengers on board, according to a new report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).—
Peter D'Oench,
CBS News,
15 May 2026
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The hope is to have AI functioning on a balanced keel in the mental health domain.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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Meanwhile, the keel for the Leningrad vessel had been laid down at the shipyard in January 2024.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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“Longboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longboat. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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