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[boht] / boʊt /


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Asked about the situation on Thursday, Szoboszlai played it down, insisting all the players "were in the same boat" in terms of wanting the best for the club and each other.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Coast Guard says it intercepted a panga boat carrying more than 21 migrants Wednesday more than 70 miles offshore of the Southern California Coast, with one unresponsive man on board who later died.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

For instance, waterside homes with a boat dock sell for 5.4% more than expected, the company found, and an outdoor kitchen can boost the sales price by 4.4%.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

Local officials said the vessel was a "taxi" boat - vessels which cruise along the coast and pick up their paying customers who are waiting in the sea.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

He called to his mate, and they dived together to snatch two fish caps from the heads in the boat.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

The Home Office also said on Sunday that there had been nearly 300 arrests of smuggling gang members last year, as well as the seizure of more than 1,100 small boats and engines.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

The number of migrants who have arrived in the UK on small boats since Burnham became PM a fortnight ago surpassed 2,000 after 326 people crossed the English Channel on Saturday.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

It was also sending diving teams and boats to patrol and secure the sea border.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

As part of its $115 million response, Mexico has deployed a fleet of specialized anti-sargassum boats, including two open ocean ships and amphibious vehicles, Naval Secretary Raymundo Morales said.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

“Your mom always liked boats, but I get sick every time. I’m meant to be on land, I guess.”

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

This summer, ProPublica journalists hiked and boated across Rubkona County, the epicenter of South Sudan’s outbreak and home to the country’s largest refugee camp, to interview families that the U.S. cut off from help.

From Salon Dec. 16, 2025

“It’s the worst situation I’ve seen on the lake,” said South Lake Tahoe Mayor Tamara Wallace, who has lived and boated in the area for decades.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2025

"Nowadays it has to be boated off. It's just not realistic at all. But it captures everyone's imagination."

From BBC May 5, 2025

She took ballet; played basketball with her mother, brother and cousins; and boated and swam in the sea on weekends.

From New York Times Mar. 15, 2022

The sky scowled down upon us, threatening rain as we boated over to Southwark and joined the throng of bearbaiters and playgoers.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

Mercury Marine, a division of the boating company Brunswick, is the only manufacturer to make 600-hp outboards.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Wells, 18, did not return with friends from a boating trip to Horn Island on 4 July and his body was found in the water two days later.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

The program is for young people ages 14 to 20 to build leadership qualities and learn boating skills.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2026

Among the volunteers turned out to help with the project included Judy Saunders, who used the brook's boating pond regularly as a child in the 1960s.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

But he still didn’t announce a varsity boating.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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