Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for longboats
Noun
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Eovaldi offered him a healthy diet of cutters, splitters and curveballs during that sequence.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026 -
Lathes, cutters, and milling equipment line the shop floor.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Capai’s tender film follows a generation of girls allowed to dream and think of a future beyond the limitations their mothers experienced.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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Tankers and water tender trucks were deployed, while Air Rescue North and Air Rescue South conducted water drops to help contain the blaze.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Right then, with both canoes in plain sight, a moose showed up at the edge of the alders across the lake.—
Fred Bear,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2026
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There are also locations to rent snowshoes and canoes, and places to swim, picnic and ride a boat.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Noun
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French gendarmes buzzed around in motorboats off the coast of Evian on Saturday, and one officer hoisted up a bulky drone-interception device in a display of the security measures being rolled out for the summit.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 June 2026
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The real threat to Americans is our headlong rush toward normalizing blatant murder, whether that be of nameless occupants of motorboats in the Caribbean, schoolgirls in Iran or United States citizens in the streets of Minneapolis.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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The same skiffs also take you to nearby lakes for a spot of swimming or piranha fishing; and on visits to remote villages.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
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In addition to the impeccable service, fine dining, and luxury accommodations, one constant was our daily sightings of pink dolphins that would play around the boat and our skiffs during our four-night sailing.—
Jeri Clausing,
AFAR Media,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Redburn said Wednesday that more funding means more rocket launches, which is a boon for Linde as one of the dominant gas suppliers to the space industry.—
Jeff Marks,Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
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The commercial landers – SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System (HLS) and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 2 – would reach orbit via separate rocket launches, with SpaceX using its Starship Super Heavy booster, and Blue Origin planning to use its New Glenn.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Their protagonists tend to be runaways—men who join whaling expeditions in their haste to dodge the malaise that sets in on shore, boys who board rafts floating down the Mississippi to evade their guardians and their chores.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Today, the village is separated from the mainland by about 660 yards of shimmering turquoise water where fishermen paddle on homemade rafts.—
Tommy Trenchard,
NPR,
31 May 2026
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“Longboats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longboats. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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