Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rafted
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Several major airlines located there, including Emirates and Etihad in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and Qatar Airways in Doha, have suspended flights to and from their bases at least until Monday afternoon local time.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026 -
Dubai International Airport, one of the largest in the world, suspended service indefinitely Sunday.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Govan watched as the budget ballooned, and what was initially supposed to be a $650 million building became a $720 million albatross.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
6 Mar. 2026
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Between the end of 2019 and end of 2023, the company’s head count ballooned from 4,000 to almost 13,000 employees, per the WSJ, a major pandemic-era hiring spree.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
5 Mar. 2026
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Footage also captured a parachute deploying as at least one crew member floated toward the ground.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Mar. 2026
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Drew Angerer / Getty Images file For months, school officials have floated proposals to relocate or close at least four middle schools on the Upper West Side, citing low enrollment, funding squeezes, academic performance and compliance with a 2022 law requiring class-size reductions by 2028.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
1 Mar. 2026
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Cadets sophomore Pascal Zeruhn swam away with the 500-yard freestyle, winning the title by five and a half seconds.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
28 Feb. 2026
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Albarn swam in the Ganges, scattered his father’s ashes into its mythology.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2026
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Over the course of just one minute, the gunman sailed down the city’s bustling Sixth Street and then exited his car, firing off even more bullets, ultimately killing three people and injuring 13 others before he was fatally shot by police.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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For now, the diplomatic ship appears to have sailed.—
Javed Ali,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Yasmin, Hayley, and Henry’s threesome is dangled as yet another piece of kompromat, reinforcing how intimacy in Industry is constantly converted into leverage.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026
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Money even dangled in front of his high school coach as leverage.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Silver patches poke through deep chestnut hair that, not long ago, bobbed in a ponytail on her long runs.—
Gerald Witt,
AJC.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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In the gray dawn, rows of bicycles bobbed at their moorings, as though lifted by ghostly hands.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Rafted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rafted. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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