lifeboat
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As Navatek sank, Hartman began building himself a lifeboat.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
On 8 September 2015, the station closed - swiftly followed by an appeal to raise the £500,000 needed to fund an independent lifeboat.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
At 09.30 the lifeboat crew "successfully freed the yacht from the fish farm and brought the sailors safely to Glenarm".
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
Frequently, one of the dog teams had to be unharnessed from its sled and then hitched to a lifeboat to help the men drag it up and over a hummock or ridge.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
As a result, Border Force and the coastguard opted to bring the group ashore at Eastney Landing in Portsmouth, with lifeboats from Bembridge and Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight assisting in the operation.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The ship was equipped with 250 life jackets, two lifeboats and six inflatable rafts, Edghill said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 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
Serafina Pekkala flew up to the ship’s rail, and retreated to the shadows by the lifeboats.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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