boat
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"It's not our problem, really," he told AFP as he sat in his inflatable boat on the lake.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
American sentiment was turning against newcomers, whether Vietnamese refugees, Cuban and Haitian boat people, Central Americans fleeing civil wars or Mexicans looking for economic opportunity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Our tour boat was run by Acadia Puffin Cruise, which runs daily two-hour tours in season, at $75 for adults.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Parkinson photographed a black vulture perched over a dead yacaré caiman in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands, keeping his boat at a distance and using a long telephoto lens to capture the shot.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Teams of horses or mules hauled each boat from stop to stop.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
The mostly middle-aged crowd featured men in boat shoes and women with jewelry at an outdoor space where boats docked near the restaurant.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Speed boats and yachts dock along the pier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Three boats arrived during the night from Kisangani -- a major river city in the northeast where about 15 Ebola cases have been recorded since the outbreak was declared on May 15.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Shared taxis and passenger boats between the areas will be suspended for one month starting on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Before I could figure it out, we were at the harbor, and I was following the stream of men on board the closest of the three boats.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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
Before co-founding Arc with fellow Northwestern alum Ryan Cook, Lee grew up in the Bay Area and frequently boated with his family.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 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
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
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
“It’s not only boating, but it’s any type of activity,” Kim said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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
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
“Scarlet and gray boating suit, good enough for me. I shall row and tramp about, so I don’t want any starch to think of. You’ll come, Betty?”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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