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boat

[boht] / boʊt /


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When rescue crews arrived, no boat was in the area and more than a dozen people were in the water, said U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Cordoba described one common route: A fishing boat heads north close to the Colombian coast and crosses into Panama.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

You don’t own a boat or belong to an expensive country club, and you have $4 million in investments waiting for you to tap.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

World War Two veteran Henry Rice, who survived a near-miss when a torpedo was fired at the boat he was on, has died at the age of 100.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

I can’t help smiling as we start to guide the boat back along the jetty towards the shore.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Australia's military uses the small uncrewed boats to quietly surveil its vast northern coastline, powered by a solar mast and wind.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Driving on a road along the banks of the Orteguaza River in southern Colombia, Cortés pointed to the long boats churning past, piled high with food, fuel and other supplies bound for jungle communities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

"These hearing tests give us that baseline and allow us to start asking how noises from ships, boats, aircraft and coastal construction might affect seals and sea lions."

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

These humpback whales, they’re right underneath these tiny little boats, and if they wanted to, they could just flick their tail, and you’d be off in the sea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Fishing boats were pulled high up on the beach, their rectangular sails flapping in the wind and great mounds of silvery fish spread out all over the sand.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

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

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

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

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

“It’s not only boating, but it’s any type of activity,” Kim said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Apparently, a couple of Mainers were boating a few miles off Wells Beach and they spotted a large shark not far from the boat.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen


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