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Recent Examples of longboat
Platoon after platoon scuffed down to the shoreline to clamber aboard gunboats, longboats, and six-oared, flat-bottomed bateaux.
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/ 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
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.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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/ 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
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.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for longboat
Noun
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The lifeboat later became the subject of controversy after its occupants did not return to rescue others in the water.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Earth was just this lifeboat hanging undisturbingly in the universe.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Your journey begins with a quick (complimentary) boat ride on a traditional rice barge across the Chao Phraya River.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Apr. 2026
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Blue Origin’s Endurance lander departed NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Saturday for a trip by barge back to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for final preparations to launch on the company’s heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Pizza cutter and reheating plate help make enjoying leftovers simple and mess-free.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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With an assist from the Coast Guard cutter Spar, the laker returned to port.—
Jay Gabler,
Twin Cities,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Babu immediately fell into the flow, picking a nap chair in the bow and inquiring about the riverboat’s construction.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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As for the riverboat funds, Pierog confirmed that there have been no allocations of those funds for the coming year, as requests for these grants are still being submitted.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Travel back in time with a stay at The Gibson Inn, or experience this area’s way of life by renting a cottage or a houseboat.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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In [The Assassination of Gianni Versace], after the assassination, Andrew Cunanan kills himself on a houseboat.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
27 Mar. 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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Instead, Chinese Indonesian studio operators worked with Javanese painters to produce popular backdrops of local Indonesian landscapes—featuring scenery such as palm trees and volcanoes—with modern instruments like radios and motorboats serving as props.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Apr. 2026
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An American who was arrested in the Bahamas after his wife vanished while the couple were traveling in a motorboat near the archipelago denies any wrongdoing, his attorney said Thursday.—
R.j. Rico,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There’s no keel, so the skilled oarsmen work hard to steer them with each stroke.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Apr. 2026
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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
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“Longboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longboat. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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