raft

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Life Raft was launched in 2021 to rid the island of both ferrets and rats.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Her arresting voice got her paired with the Flennoy Trio and, Mr. Byers said, also got her a film role as a nightclub singer in the 1946 George Raft movie “Mr. Ace.”

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2022

“Our season was short, and we fear there may not be one next summer,” said Toni Rudnick of the Truckee River Raft Company.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2021

The tragedy would later inspire one of the biggest paintings of the 19th century, the 16-by-23-foot The Raft of The Medusa.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2021

“I’m holding it in my lap. Gericault's Raft of the Medusa by Lorenz E. A. Eitner. It’s a beautiful book, Ari.”

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz