boat
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They explored the publicly owned island of Sazan, a former military site where locals trek by boat for day-trips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The boat, which had set off weeks before from the Ebola-stricken eastern city of Kisangani, was stopped at a river port 40 miles from the capital, home to some 17 million people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The boat travelled more than 1,700km downstream towards Kinshasa before being intercepted.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Ken Marshall, from Wakefield, has owned his boat Willow for about eight years.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
There was no sign of a sail, but there was a speck that could be a boat with someone inside it.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Tens of thousands of asylum seekers followed, arriving on small boats from France.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
"We need central government to get involved, we need more people in the boats actually clearing the nurdles," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Clockwise from top left; Parasailing boats take tourists for rides near Avalon.;
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
AFP images showed residents using rafts and inflated boats to reach higher ground with the help of the state's disaster response officials.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Fishing boats in the harbor bounced around like toys.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
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
Wallace encouraged people — even those who have boated a lot — to hire a seasoned captain when they visit Tahoe and want to get out on the water.
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
They work remotely and came together for a few days of activities that included painting, pedal boating and navigating a ropes course.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 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
She compared their slip-ons to boating shoes by Tom Ford and Jimmy Choo.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Before long we began to spot signs for gas stations and boating supplies, and along the shore there were white mooring buoys.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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