lifeboat
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A lifeboat was launched at 03:22 BST, with an inshore lifeboat also launched.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
But under Steinem’s editorship, which lasted until the sale of the magazine in 1987, it became both a beacon and a lifeboat for many contemporary women—a centerpiece of feminism’s second wave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
"We spotted life buoys and a lifeboat but it was empty. Unfortunately, no survivors have been found so far," he said, indicating that search and rescue operations were ongoing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Hussam El-Khawas, 55, Zeina Alayan, 37, and their daughter Sara El-Khawas, 13, were pronounced dead after being brought to shore by lifeboat crews on 18 August.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
She knows I want out and she has come with a lifeboat.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
He said he had not seen any lifeboats aboard the ferry.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
John Richardson had been instrumental in the RMS Carpathia rescuing survivors from the Titanic's lifeboats, just hours after it had gone down in the North Atlantic, killing 1,500 people.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
They lower themselves into one of the few lifeboats, leaving Jim on deck: Should he flee like a rat or wake the sleeping passengers, knowing that they, and he, cannot survive?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Here are some of our favorite lifeboats during a year of rough seas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
White sheets of wind blasted in every direction, scattering the lifeboats, lifting me out of my free fall and propelling me across the ocean.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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