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yacht

[yot] / jɒt /


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Six people have been rescued after a 46ft yacht got into difficulty off the coast of Northern Ireland.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

What it might be like to arrive at a Mediterranean island on a yacht and to think that the next logical step is that this island should belong to you.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

The businessman was arrested at the end of 2019 on board his yacht as he tried to leave Malta.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Revolut co-founder Nik Storonsky allegedly went behind his yacht broker’s back to avoid paying around $20 million in commission.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Make it back here, then head for the docking cave and pray that Mary Lou and Tane got control of the yacht.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

They have allowed people to hold business interests, yachts, artwork and bitcoin in private-placement life insurance policies, according to advisers who work with ultrawealthy clients abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

Gibson, from Penbryn Nant, in Ruthin, Denbighshire, lied that he had been worth hundreds of millions of pounds, had served in the Special Boat Service, and owned yachts.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Over the years, however, Xu's taste for yachts and luxury clashed with President Xi Jinping's crackdown on extreme wealth as Beijing tightened its watch over corruption within the financial sector.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Newly enriched Americans are bound to spend some of their windfall on new cars, yachts, houses and the like.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

Coins of fire ignited the mullet’s back as two shrimp boats slid past ringing buoys, tethered yachts, and storefronts.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

She may repeat the furore created when King George's mother, Denmark's radiant Alexandra, was similarly yachted to Britain to marry the future Edward VII.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has yachted from blazing Syria to arctic Spitsbergen.

From Time Magazine Archive

All last summer Queen & Daughter yachted and toured in Scandinavia.

From Time Magazine Archive

He yachted in summer and sat with equally well-bred companions in the posh Carlton Club in winter.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the pleasure of astonishing the world, no sacrifice was too costly; and whether he rode, or shot, or played, or yachted, his first thought was notoriety.

From That Boy Of Norcott's by Charles James Lever

The pair have been photographed yachting in St. Tropez, holding hands in London and attending the premiere of the “Legally Blonde” prequel “Elle.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

The mustached southerner, yachting enthusiast and philanthropist, whose empire also included sports clubs, had been suffering from the degenerative disease Lewy Body Dementia.

From Barron's May 6, 2026

We’d probably come back home, have a little dessert and watch either “The Great British Baking Show” or “Below Deck,” a drama-packed look inside the world of private yachting.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2025

Ellison's extracurricular activity to date has tended to skew toward yachting, tennis, anti-aging research and buying an island in Hawaii.

From BBC Sep. 27, 2025

There was a small picture of Gatsby, also in yachting costume, on the bureau--Gatsby with his head thrown back defiantly--taken apparently when he was about eighteen.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald




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