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Hugely famous in his day, if barely remembered now, Frank Buck was a best-selling author and movie star, renowned for capturing wild animals all over the world and shipping them back to the United States by the boatload.
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Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Not so this time around as famous faces came ashore by the boatload.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2024
Our advice to Suzuki is to crank up the assembly plants and send Samurais by the boatload.
—Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 5 Jan. 2023
The tourists arrived by the boatload, ready to climb 900 steps to the summit of remote Padar Island for their sunrise reward: a sweeping vista of turquoise bays set off by white-sand beaches.
—Richard C. Paddock Ulet Ifansasti, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
Survivors of Hurricane Ian who were stranded on Sanibel Island after parts of the causeway collapsed in the storm trickled to shore by the boatload Friday, as rescuers began to make trips back and forth.
—Elizabeth Findell, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
In the past, Martinez and Devers have produced runs by the boatload.
—Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2022
Eighty-eight years ago this week, on Aug. 11, 1934, the first civilian prisoners — 137 of them — arrived by the boatload to Alcatraz Island.
—Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022
As noted above, Auburn’s inability to establish a consistent run game against an Arkansas run defense that was giving up yards by the boatload in recent weeks is a concern—especially in some early-game situations where Auburn faced third-and-short but was unable to convert on the ground.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 17 Oct. 2021
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Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Not so this time around as famous faces came ashore by the boatload.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2024
Our advice to Suzuki is to crank up the assembly plants and send Samurais by the boatload.
—Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 5 Jan. 2023
The tourists arrived by the boatload, ready to climb 900 steps to the summit of remote Padar Island for their sunrise reward: a sweeping vista of turquoise bays set off by white-sand beaches.
—Richard C. Paddock Ulet Ifansasti, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
Survivors of Hurricane Ian who were stranded on Sanibel Island after parts of the causeway collapsed in the storm trickled to shore by the boatload Friday, as rescuers began to make trips back and forth.
—Elizabeth Findell, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
In the past, Martinez and Devers have produced runs by the boatload.
—Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2022
Eighty-eight years ago this week, on Aug. 11, 1934, the first civilian prisoners — 137 of them — arrived by the boatload to Alcatraz Island.
—Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022
As noted above, Auburn’s inability to establish a consistent run game against an Arkansas run defense that was giving up yards by the boatload in recent weeks is a concern—especially in some early-game situations where Auburn faced third-and-short but was unable to convert on the ground.
—Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 17 Oct. 2021
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“By the boatload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20the%20boatload. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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