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What's New National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists have issued winter storm warnings for four states in the northern U.S. as an Alberta clipper treks eastward.
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Southeastern Wisconsin is under a Winter Weather Advisory from noon Thursday through noon Friday as a clipper system moves through the area bringing several inches of snow accumulations.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
The clipper system will be followed by strong winds and Arctic air, driving temperatures down across the eastern half of the U.S.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
Behind the clipper storm, lake effect snow will kick in again Thursday, especially downwind of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, and will last through Friday.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Southeastern Wisconsin is under a Winter Weather Advisory from noon Thursday through noon Friday as a clipper system moves through the area bringing several inches of snow accumulations.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
The clipper system will be followed by strong winds and Arctic air, driving temperatures down across the eastern half of the U.S.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
Behind the clipper storm, lake effect snow will kick in again Thursday, especially downwind of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, and will last through Friday.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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There was the glimmer of possibility in stories of bolt cutters and train yards and spray cans—possibilities of disruption and liberation.hazlitt.net, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Butler got off the bed and began waving the box cutter toward the bailiff, who fired shots at him, according to the news release.Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2024
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The Shipwreck Bar is an actual schooner that once belonged to the resort’s original owner.Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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The schooner’s South Australian owner escaped conviction on slavery charges because the prosecution didn’t have enough evidence to prove that working conditions at the ship’s destination of Fiji constituted slavery.Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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The sailboats in the force ranged from day cruisers to 150-foot racing yachts.David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Guo also gained notoriety for palling around with Trump adviser Steve Bannon, whose 2020 arrest on his own fraud charges took place on the tycoon’s yacht.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
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To ensure Blackbeard was neutralized, Spotswood gave Robert Maynard, an officer in the Royal Navy, control of 60 men and two sloops—small sailboats that lacked cannons but could pursue Blackbeard in the narrow inlets and shallows of the coast.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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Twenty men on Maynard’s sloop died, and Blackbeard presumed the rest of the crew dead.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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As of October 2023, more than 600 women were assigned to operational submarines as officers and sailers, according to the institute.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2024
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The custom 170-footer, which was recently delivered by Tramontana and listed for charter with IYC, combines the cruising capabilities of a high-tech sailer with the lavish amenities of a luxury superyacht.Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 July 2024
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Read on for 16 elegant galley kitchen ideas to help your tight kitchen footprint deliver big on style.Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
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Walk the aisle, do tummy time on your empty seat, and visit the galley kitchen.Jocelyn Newman, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
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On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
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Moreland, who has more than 30 years experience sailing topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques, as well as five world voyages under his belt, said the Picton Castle will be hosting a range of school groups on the vessel.Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 6 Mar. 2018
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In the video, Phoenix happily wanders around the catamaran while wearing a burgundy shirt and matching shorts as the watercraft cruised over waves.Ashley Hume, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2024
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De Mey’s biggest project so far is a custom 69-foot foiling catamaran, powered by quad waterjets and capable of 50 knots, built for New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart.Howard Walker, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Clipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clipper. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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