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as in vessel
a small buoyant structure for travel on water
paddling the little boat across the lake is great exercise, but tiring
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as in ship
a large craft for travel by water
you'll have to take a passenger boat to get to the island
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Recent Examples of boat
Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
All of the dunes and vegetation were decimated as well, and the island was only accessible by boat.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
Laura Paddison, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
The causes of death range from boating accidents to drowning after flash floods.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
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Harbor Patrol deputies and lifeguards rushed to the boat and pulled five people, including one child and the boat’s captain, out of the water, authorities said.
—Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
All of the dunes and vegetation were decimated as well, and the island was only accessible by boat.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
The victims, eventually identified as two Germans and an Austrian, had been boating on Valdez Lake.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
The causes of death range from boating accidents to drowning after flash floods.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
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The team is now eager to investigate what kinds of products were carried within the vessels in nets, and why the imagery endured over such a large geographic area for so many centuries — and why the exchanges were important enough to be documented on clay tablets.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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This trend highlights not only the growing number of yachting enthusiasts but also the increasing number of high-end vessels sailing into Dubai’s harbors.Dubai Tourism Contributor, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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During the rapprochement between China and the United States in the 1970s (which followed the split between China and the Soviet Union), North Korea hosted Soviet naval ships in its ports and allowed Soviet fighter jets to enter North Korean airspace.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Officials received spa treatments, top-shelf alcohol, designer handbags, leather goods, designer furniture, watches, fountain pens, ornamental swords and handmade ship models, according to court documents.Elias Lopez, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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On October 23, biologists put Moira on a boat, then sailed 8 miles out to sea.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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The deployment of the Shandong beyond the first island chain might explain the increase in Chinese military aircraft activity in airspace south of Taiwan since Sunday, as the aircraft carrier sailed in nearby waters while leaving the South China Sea for the Philippine Sea.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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In December, the developers flew Smith, Owens and an unidentified witness to Florida on a private jet for a meeting on a yacht.Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Then Kendall Jenner was photographed reading Babitz on a yacht, and she was name-checked — twice — on the Gossip Girl reboot.Lili Anolik, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Some 110 years ago, a picturesque new road known as Roosevelt Boulevard began ferrying vehicles across the nascent but burgeoning neighborhoods of North and Northeast Philadelphia.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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But the barrier can’t be too solid: It’s studded with proteins, which need some wiggle room to carry out their various cellular jobs, such as ferrying molecules across the membrane.Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2024
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And in Long Beach, where the A Line ends, eight sports will be played — rowing, sailing, triathlon, water polo, canoe sprint, artistic swimming, marathon swimming and handball.Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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The home also has a two-story pool house with plenty of storage for water toys, like kayaks, paddleboards, and canoes.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2024
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When the boat was first abandoned, a kayak was onboard.Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
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Bring your own watercraft or rent a kayak or stand-up paddleboard at the park for an easy-breezy paddle.Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
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In 1952, San Francisco and Antioch became the first communities in California to supplement naturally occurring levels of fluoride in their drinking water, after a raft of studies showing that the mineral made teeth enamel stronger and more resistant to acid.Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Google’s big push comes by way of Android 15 with a raft of new updates, while Samsung is arguably doing more, clamping down on sideloading, defaulting to maximum restrictions and pushing its Knox ecosystem as an alternative to Apple’s equivalent.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boat. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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