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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rafting
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Meanwhile, the economic slowdown in China and ballooning public debt in the United States are in part due to the two powers’ aging populations.—
John Rennie Short,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026 -
And it's been successful at keeping costs a little more predictable and not ballooning things out of control.—
Paul Tenorio,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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The notation was curiously quaint, dots and curly tails swimming along like so many tadpoles.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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The person swimming in the lane next to mine was doing the breaststroke and hit me with her leg, under the lane rope, on two consecutive laps.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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In that video, the influencer appears to come across what is seemingly the carcass of an alligator floating in the water and shoots it repeatedly.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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The all-villa layout of Raffles Sentosa Singapore delivers solitude in the heart of one of Southeast Asia’s busiest cities—a place where floating in one’s private pool has the potential to be the most strenuous cardio routine of the day.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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Over the course of eight and a half hours, a Northern California nurse hopped between bars during a Friday evening while sailing on a Carnival Cruise vacation.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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Once tankers, carrying about 20% of the world's oil supply, start sailing through the strait again, jet fuel prices will return to normal — but not immediately.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Rafting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rafting. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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