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schooner

noun as in boat

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As captain and first mate, they say piloting their 75-foot schooner has only strengthened their brotherly bond, with their small expedition team serving as an adoptive family.

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The newly implemented vehicle ban runs from the Lloyd Wright-designed chapel to Schooner Drive in a bid to “prevent injuries due to the poor condition of the roadway,” city officials said in a news release.

“Seeing the economy as a boat, one of those old galleons, or a three-masted schooner, tossed on the great waves of uncertainty and the waves of this roiling system makes much more sense to people,” Reich said.

On April 15, 1848, seventy-seven enslaved people attempted to escape Washington by sailing on a schooner called The Pearl.

The schooner Atlanta, lost in 1891 and found in Lake Superior in 2022, revived the tale of the six crew members who clung to their lifeboat, only two of whom survived after it capsized.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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