boat

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Battery-powered submarine drones, called the MK18 Mod 2 Kingfish and the Knifefish, made by General Dynamics can be dropped in the water from a small boat and then scan for mines in a pattern.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

He re-entered the UK on 12 April last year, again by small boat.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

"I knew Anstruther was just around the corner so I was waiting on a boat coming round the corner," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Researchers studying an unusually high number of whale deaths have found that nearly 20% of the gray whales seen entering the Bay did not survive, with many killed by boat strikes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

Then there was nothing to do except try to steer and wonder whether the rope she’d pulled off was important, and if it mattered anyway when the boat was balancing on skyscraper-high waves?

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr