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boat

[boht] / boʊt /


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We passed the little green rowing boat he uses to go to the island to visit her, and walked to what he calls The Temple.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

The Sunday reception was held a roughly 10-minute boat ride away on a neighboring private island, rented out by Kremlev.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

Pictures on Saturday showed the coastline being patrolled by a police boat and helicopter.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

Coast Guard boat crew pulled two people from the water, and San Francisco police rescued a third, the Coast Guard said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

The boat had nearly reached the first gap in the reef.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

The UN International Organisation for Migration said people were travelling on overcrowded boats and arriving with very limited food and water.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

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

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

And around it all, so that only the smallest boats could weave their way through, was a maze of reef, curving from the black rocks on one side to the white cliffs on the other.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

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

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

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

Charley Peak-Payne, from All Aboard Watersports, said having a clean harbour has had a positive impact on people who use the harbourside for waters sports and boating.

From BBC Sep. 20, 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

“We want to make sure that all of the compliance requirements are in place, because we haven’t had boating there in such a long time,” Kim said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Ken says the boating community in Leeds is "really warm"

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

One of Farmer’s brothers, Jeff, later would say that he’d known all along their father didn’t know much about navigation, no matter how many boating magazines the Warden had read.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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