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as in vessel
a small buoyant structure for travel on water
paddling the little boat across the lake is great exercise, but tiring
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as in ship
a large craft for travel by water
you'll have to take a passenger boat to get to the island
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Recent Examples of boat
Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
The painting, a Mediterranean beach scene with boats and figures, could be worth a significant amount of money, as paintings by Morrocco featuring such scenes have performed well at auctions.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Clifford Coonan, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Social media users were not happy and blasted the royal couple for taking a lax approach to water safety while boating.
—Tracy Wright, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Around noon, the boat hit a channel marker just south of the Julia Tuttle Causeway, Miami Beach officials said.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
The painting, a Mediterranean beach scene with boats and figures, could be worth a significant amount of money, as paintings by Morrocco featuring such scenes have performed well at auctions.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
The six-part series is set in Hong Kong and tells of a group of friends gathering for a summer of fun in the sun as boating season begins but which spirals into a web of deception and power struggles.
—Clifford Coonan, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Social media users were not happy and blasted the royal couple for taking a lax approach to water safety while boating.
—Tracy Wright, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boat
Noun
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Hegseth announced Wednesday that U.S. and Panamanian officials had already signed a memorandum of understanding, and that a final document is on the way to formally secure toll-free priority for American naval vessels.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Its current fleet spans four nearly identical plug-in hybrid ships, each with capacity for 640 passengers and equipped with an 86-ton battery; the company says these batteries are among the largest on any passenger vessel.—
Blane Bachelor,
AFAR Media,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Nimitz replaced sister ship USS Carl Vinson as the latter was retasked by the Pentagon from the region to the Middle East.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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McPherson preached aboard the ship, and its passengers, spellbound by her blossoming charisma and moved by her plight, gathered just enough funds to buy the young widow and her baby train tickets to New York City, where Minnie would meet them in the fall of 1910.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In the seventh, Fernando Tatis Jr. crushed a solo home run that sailed over the left field fence and onto the new two-story A’s club house, a 406-foot shot for a Padres 5-3 lead, and A’s ace Luis Severino dropped to 0-2 on the season despite an otherwise solid outing.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The cruise line also recently began operating Carnival Adventure and Carnival Encounter, which previously sailed for the P&O Cruises Australia brand before it was folded into Carnival.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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Geometric chandeliers in the restaurant and bars add art deco flair, while chesterfields and wingback chairs create inviting nooks in the Library Lounge, which faces a private yacht marina.—
Jennifer Flowers,
AFAR Media,
3 Apr. 2025
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The intrepid trio scale cliffs, run across forests and woods all kinds of creatures in pursuit on ground and air to a massive, scaly sea creature from the Colin Trevorrow movies chasing down a yacht battleship with Johansson firing back.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Their mum would ferry a young Ramsey back and forth between auditions and shoots, cranking Matilda the Musical at maximum volume in the car.—
Zing Tsjeng,
Vogue,
11 Apr. 2025
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While just two stories, the home comes with an elevator, which can ferry you to and from the gym without breaking a sweat.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Firefighters also returned to the water to get the canoe.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2025
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From there, the canoe will continue its circumnavigation of the Pacific Ocean, which began in Alaska in June 2023.—
Brianna Randall,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Small boats, kayaks and paddle boards will be prone to capsizing and should remain off lake waters until conditions improve.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Hop in a kayak or on a skiff ride for more intimate portraits of the state’s incredible wildlife.—
UnCruise Adventures,
AFAR Media,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The men then clambered down to the water before launching a raft from the northeast shore of the island.—
Louise McLoughlin,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
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Those figures come amid a raft of troubling economic data.—
Jonathan Easley,
The Hill,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boat. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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