boat
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Between 1 January and 7 September 2026, a total of 17,281 people crossed the English Channel by small boat from France.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Rhys said the boat is "part of Brooklyn history" and is the same class of boat that acclaimed author Ernest Hemingway previously owned.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The NCA also pointed to activity targeting people smugglers reducing small boat crossings.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Geordan White, 60, of Redding was found dead after he attempted to rescue the animal who had jumped from a boat White was on, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
But she also knew how to get back on and push the boat right side up, and how to pull the sails and steer.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Some instead choose to spend on boats, fast cars and planes, said Max Palmer, a Southwest pilot since 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Meanwhile, for those looking to fish where the big boats aren’t, the survey — as always — is a great guide to the assets most out of fashion among big-money investors.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
On the page, Thomas says he is trying to raise £5,000 a month to pay for the likes of transport, boats and a studio.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
A boy from Watts stares at the ocean, imagining ancient Greek boats sailing across the Pacific and his father in a toga and sneakers, proudly hoisting a trident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Grandmary runs one of his grandpa Joe’s charter boats down here in Sitka every summer when Grandpa Joe needs help during the tourist season.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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
"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
The film shifts to black and white as the action moves inside a building less adorned than the ones the man has boated past, but grand, even so.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
Naya Rivera, who played cheerleader Santana Lopez,, drowned in Lake Piru in July 2020 after saving her then-4-year-old son while the pair boated together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
With the Marine Jungschar, the naval branch of the Hitler Youth, Herbert boated on the waters in Tetlow Park in eastern Berlin.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
In 2017, Clear Lake’s dire condition led the state to establish a blue ribbon commission, with tribal participation, focused on cleaning up the lake to bolster the local boating and fishing economy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Residents of the city, which is nestled in the Appalachian foothills with the Tennessee River running through the heart of a lively downtown, enjoy a variety of outdoor activities including hiking, biking and boating.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Officials will also work through water quality testing and boating safety requirements before the boats can return.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Describing his passion for boating as "all consuming", he has been on the water since he was 10 and lived through the droughts of 1975 and 1976.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
All kinds of boating except the most urgent had ceased for the time being.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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