whaleboat

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Recent Examples of whaleboat One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry. Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whaleboat
Noun
  • As the early morning breeze tickles the top of the Santa Monica Bay, three scientists pack into a small whaler boat and push out to sea in pursuit of great white sharks.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Species include blue sharks, bull sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, bronze whaler sharsk, dusky sharks, hammerheads, tigers and spinner sharks.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The area is by a busy commercial stretch near the Steamship Authority ferry terminal, where tourists spill into the island’s cobblestoned downtown.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
  • Caladesi Island State Park A contender for the most secluded beach in Florida, Caladesi Island State Park, just north of Clearwater Beach in the Tampa Bay Area, is accessible by private boat or ferry from Honeymoon Island State Park.
    Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • But nearly a decade since the first city-run ferryboat set sail, the system has been working to win over skeptics.
    Julia Press, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026
  • Crofton will be the only living person with a Disney ferryboat named after her.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Too many banks still write job descriptions as if the next great banker must already be a banker.
    Paul Davis, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • In November 2015, Mary-Kate quietly married French banker Olivier Sarkozy.
    Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • On Wednesday, June 17, the Lancaster County park's Sky Ride, an open-air gondola that transports guests across the property, stopped while guests were on board, a park spokesperson said in a statement shared with PEOPLE.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
  • The hotel is nestled in somewhat of a residential neighborhood surrounded by ski chalets but less than a five-minute walk from the shopping and dining district and a 10-minute walk to the Aspen Mountain gondola.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • This demand fuels industrial-scale fishing operations such as bottom trawlers and purse seiners, which sweep through vast areas of ocean indiscriminately.
    Nicole Tung, NPR, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Take a scenic cruise along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
Noun
  • For a shrimper already operating on slim margins, that's not just an inconvenience.
    Drew Hawkins, NPR, 26 May 2026
  • Lousiana shrimper James Blanchard praises a surcharge on imports as a lifeline for the struggling U.S. industry.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • One user, taxi driver Aleksandr, asked the head of the republic how he was supposed to support his family and pay off loans.
    Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
  • She was forced to wait until the next morning, when shooting stopped, to find a motorcycle taxi driver willing to navigate around barricades and checkpoints to reach the maternity hospital.
    Tirana Hassan, Time, 26 June 2026

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“Whaleboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whaleboat. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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