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Several of the fallen containers struck a smaller clean air barge that was connected to the Mississippi at the time of the accident.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025 -
The production is planning to anchor a 100-foot-barge in Brooklyn Monday for a launch event, in addition to guerilla art installations throughout the week.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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Curved walls, brass accents, and floor-to-ceiling windows frame a generous living space—complete with a dining table that arcs like a ship’s keel and a cocktail-ready bar that glows at night.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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If bookmaking was in theory the keel that kept the ship upright, in practice Bowyer often treated it as another gamble, priding himself on taking bets that his competition wouldn’t touch.—
DAVID AMSDEN,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
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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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Compared to the cutter, which hit the zone 57% of the time, his changeup had a stark 17% zone rate.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Sauer has six pitches in his arsenal, mainly relying on a cutter, four-seam fastball, slider and sinker while also mixing in a split finger and occasional curveball.—
Noah Camras,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Each restaurant is equipped with a kids’ menu, but there weren’t any chicken tenders and fries available.—
Essence,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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Firefighting efforts include 10 engines, five water tenders and five hand crews.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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In another example, from 2012, a joint DEA-Honduran operation killed four passengers on a water taxi.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Two of our favorite hotels for park transportation are Disney’s Art of Animation Resort (with Skyliner access to EPCOT and Hollywood Studios) and The Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort (with water taxi access to the Magic Kingdom).—
Linnea Bailey,
Southern Living,
11 Sep. 2025
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For a good part of the show, the action takes place with the four leads onstage confined to a lifeboat.—
Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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The lunar module became their lifeboat to hurtle back to Earth.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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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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Most of the time, a small keelboat barely exceeds 10 knots of speed (11.5mph).—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Narrow boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrow%20boat. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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