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raft

[raft, rahft] / ræft, rɑft /




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A raft of controversial changes made by the Pakistan Cricket Board were supposed to act as a defibrillator to this team.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Microsoft stock and a raft of other OpenAI partners will be hoping GPT-6 Astra proves to be a hit.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

What don't Aston Villa need after a raft of star departures this summer?

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

On her solo recordings at the time, Parton included a raft of songs about poor children in trouble.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

“I’ve already said too much,” Josie whispered, under the cover of pretending to shove Max’s raft toward the stairs.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Citizen Zoo has also set up camera traps and "latrine rafts" - floating rafts where the water voles defecate - to help gather evidence of the population on the Hogsmill.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

“He’s landing rockets on robot drone rafts in the ocean, and you’re saying he doesn’t know what he’s doing,” Ellison rebuffed critics at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

Photos shared by the Royal Thai Navy showed heavy black smoke billowing from the hull and superstructure of the Thai-registered Mayuree Naree, with life rafts floating in the water.

From Barron's Mar. 11, 2026

The researchers showed that multiple tubes can be connected to form rafts, which could serve as the foundation for ships, buoys, or floating platforms.

From Science Daily Jan. 30, 2026

He taught Mona and Callie to float too; all three of them bobbed out there like rafts, together.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

The first mammal from South America discovered in the older beds was from a primate species, which is presumed to have rafted across the seaway.

From Science Daily Feb. 20, 2024

In Wyoming, the Thomases fished, rafted on the Snake River and sat by a campfire overlooking the Teton Range with the other couples.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2023

Miguel Angel Salazar-Estrada, who rafted over the Rio Grande, told Border Patrol agents his family paid $17,000 for him to be smuggled from Guatemala.

From Washington Times Jul. 30, 2023

By then he’d served as captain and guide on many California rivers, and he’d rafted the Colorado River.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2023

I still couldn’t catch the old tiger, so I rafted to shore and got Mr. Jacket.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Activities "such as skydiving, white-water rafting, roller coasters or other amusement rides" would "fall short of the standard".

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

The theme park’s latest project is a more than $50 million indoor thrill coaster with white-water rafting.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

Marczak said he had begun the film almost by accident, when he and his wife were rafting down the river thinking about a fiction project when they ran into trouble.

From Barron's Jan. 24, 2026

Both the Guisane and Durance are popular rivers for white water rafting, fed by glaciers and snowmelt in the spring.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2025

When I was finally allowed to read it, I very well knew this was no simple tale of rafting down a river but the everlasting story of America itself, with all our glory and shame.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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