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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 -
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
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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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Others are banned entirely, including strike anywhere matches, torch lighters, and flammable aerosols like spray paint.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Aug. 2025
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Guns, knives, lighters and cop cars are seen during a series of intense fast cuts.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
22 July 2025
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My cutter and fastball were really good tonight.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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The cutter is 86 mph and has above-average cut.—
Andrea Arcadipane,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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O’Farrell’s inclination for narratives propelled by brutal coincidence and fatally poor timing tenders a Hardy-esque vision of the world, one that emphasizes the rigid, often cruel limits of an individual’s jurisdiction over the course of their life.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
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Different from the previous Arlington location, this one focuses on giant chicken wings, tenders and sandwiches with 15 sauce and rub options.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
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Getting here is only possible by water taxi from Homer or floatplane from Anchorage.—
Kissa Castaneda,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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For a more scenic arrival, take a water taxi straight across the harbor to the docks in the Seaport, North End, or downtown.—
Cameron Sperance,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2026
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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
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This sailing school follows both Sail Canada's and keelboat certification programs as well.—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Blasetti is facing grand larceny charges for allegedly swiping a keelboat from the Dyckman Marina in Inwood around noon Saturday and rowed it to a trimaran moored out in the Hudson River.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
24 July 2025
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“Narrow boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrow%20boat. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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