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boat

Definition for boat

noun as in vehicle for water travel

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Riding high with a 7-2 record and playing against an undermanned and seemingly overwhelmed team, the Lakers got boat raced by Atlanta on Nov. 8.

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He wrote that the series of strikes on boats were "lawful under both US and international law".

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There are about 6,300 people seeking asylum in Scotland, many of whom arrived via small boats across the channel.

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After raising some 400,000 pounds, a phenomenal sum for the time, over a dozen ships and supply boats set sail in three waves, carrying some 2,500 men, women and children.

But in Doral, people are gripped by the news of each U.S. boat strike, hopeful the administration will soon take even more aggressive steps.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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