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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rafting
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Self said there’s a lot of uncertainty among schools in the Big 12, SEC, Big Ten and ACC because budgets are ballooning past the revenue-share distribution those programs are allotted by their schools.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
21 May 2026 -
This is particularly felt in restaurants, where staff shortages and frequent turnover have pushed fast-food businesses to turn to AI systems and robots in an effort to reduce labor costs, ballooning global restaurant automation into a $28 billion market this year.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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As for the fish, which was reportedly found swimming in a plastic container in Irizarry’s backpack, it was taken to the Flagler County Humane Society.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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Born April 20, 1959, in Sittard, Netherlands, Hof has set multiple Guinness World Records for cold endurance including running a barefoot half-marathon above the Arctic Circle, climbing to 7,400 meters on Mount Everest in shorts and swimming under ice.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2026
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The hotel has put conservation at its core, visible in a shimmering field of floating solar panels, which I am told is one of the largest arrays in southeast Asia.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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The image of James’s paper lantern, let go and floating up into the night sky like a second moon, augurs his eventual fleeing from his family.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Among the new lines sailing in Alaska are MSC, The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection and Virgin Voyages.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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The Michigan couple, both US nationals, had been sailing together for more than a decade, documenting their life at sea on social media.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
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“Rafting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rafting. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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