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boat

[boht] / boʊt /


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“There are too many holes in the boat, too many plates to spin,” Moskow said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

A broad coalition of environmentalists, cattle ranchers, farmers, river boat guides, outdoor activists and church leaders had gone to court in El Paso seeking to stop the construction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Meanwhile Spanish authorities on the Canary Island of El Hierro declared an emergency on Saturday after a surge in migrant boat arrivals.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

He says he’ll fish and finally finish the boat he’s been restoring in the garage since 2011.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

I watch through the window as he uses bright yellow paint to draw a large letter G on the back of our hopefully unsinkable, but likely very sinkable, cardboard boat.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

What began as a small procession of decorated barges filled with singing church choirs has grown into an institution in Long Beach with more than 100 entries, from Duffys to dragon boats, and 60,000 spectators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Since the start of November, El Hierro authorities said more than 3,300 people had arrived aboard around 30 boats.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

More than 3,300 people have reached the island in about 30 boats since the beginning of November, according to local authorities.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

When correlations are low, it means a rising tide is no longer lifting all boats, like it normally would.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026

Zara, Nate, and I are at the foot of the dock, watching the flurry of people struggle to carry their cardboard boats down the beach to the water’s edge, getting ready for the regatta.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Despite his disabilities, Morris rode, hiked and boated on frequent excursions in upstate New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Authorities are trying to learn how the perpetrator gained access to the beach, including whether they boated over from the other side of the lake, investigators have said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

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 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

Studland Bay Marine Partnership is made up of conservation charities, boating organisations, academics, statutory bodies, community groups and businesses, with the aim of restoring Studland's seagrass.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Ms. Brauer, a scrappy, dyslexic young woman from a working-class Long Island, N.Y., family, discovered boating in college.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

When she feels up to it, they go boating or ride bicycles to nearby beaches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

I couldn’t have imagined that I, a kid whose closest contact with boating was the Staten Island Ferry when I visited my aunt once a year, would end up lost at sea.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin


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