boat

Example Sentences

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Not even, as it turns out, buying a boat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

A search operation was launched after a fishing boat with two people on board sank in Carlingford Lough.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

"We now struggle to cross from one bank to another... People are now crossing by boat, but it is also dangerous as long as the water has not calmed down," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Later this year, the company plans to test one of its “pods” suspended from a boat offshore.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

The boat idled on past, looking for another place to get through—but the sea lions followed.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr