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Recent Examples of lifeboat
Not surprisingly, there were no photos taken during Shackleton’s 800-mile lifeboat journey across the South Seas to seek help.
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Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
And his administration will have ample opportunities to slow or even kill future transactions – lifeboats that some media companies may need to survive.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
Out of the ship's 132 passengers and crew, 114 people died – and the few people who survived the wreck were stuck in a lifeboat for a week.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
Four crew members were stranded in a lifeboat for 19 days, rescued only after three of them had killed and eaten the fourth.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
And his administration will have ample opportunities to slow or even kill future transactions – lifeboats that some media companies may need to survive.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
Out of the ship's 132 passengers and crew, 114 people died – and the few people who survived the wreck were stuck in a lifeboat for a week.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
Four crew members were stranded in a lifeboat for 19 days, rescued only after three of them had killed and eaten the fourth.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifeboat
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Colonial pilots would unload their cargo onto smaller longboats so it could be carried 100 miles upstream to New Orleans, to avoid getting stuck in the mud.Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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From medieval sailors buried beneath the cobblestone streets in Visby to the ruins of Norse shipyards where longboats were built 1,000 years ago, ancient maritime lore suffuses the island.Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 18 Feb. 2024
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Prior to the incident, Wilson had been aboard a 52-foot yawl named the Emerald with friends Oster and Colleen McGovern.Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
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The crew had no time to gather their possessions or weather gear before boarding their small yawl boat, and the ship sank so quickly that a Newfoundland that served as her mascot was unable to escape.Christopher Clough, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
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There is a castle, an annual Shakespeare festival, a boat club (barges, mainly, given that Staffordshire has more miles of canal than any other county in England) and two semi-professional football clubs.Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Chilling temperatures signaled its return, but so did an important annual ritual: the last barge heading downriver from the Twin Cities, bringing the 2024 shipping season to an end.Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 3 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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Two Coast Guard cutters also joined in the search, which covered more than 108 square nautical miles for nearly a day.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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California Governor Gavin Newsom said on X, formerly Twitter, late Wednesday morning that more than 1,400 firefighters have been deployed, 267 fire engines, 16 crews, nine water tenders and nine helicopters are all fighting the fires across the region.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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In this week’s batch of new releases, Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper Morgan Wallen issues a tender ballad, while crooner Brett Eldredge releases a new, non-holiday track.Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2025
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The train-gun-chase equivalent in Vengeance Most Fowl comes when, after a lengthy riverboat pursuit, Feathers and Gromit come to blows on the top of a boat.Devon Ivie, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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Dan Campbell — one of the biggest riverboat gamblers the league has ever seen — opted to go for it.Rob Reischel, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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The station, an auxiliary of Sacramento State, in a civil lawsuit filed last month is seeking $900,000 in damages from former general manager Jun Reina and for his 4,500-square-foot West Sacramento home to be placed in a trust.Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
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The Civil Air Patrol is an auxiliary of the US Air Force and nonprofit organization.Michelle Watson, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024
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While other Time Warner executives would show more ambition in public, Parsons kept things on an even keel.Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024
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However, logistics employment has managed to stay on an even keel even as companies like FedEx, UPS and DHL make their cuts.Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Lifeboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifeboat. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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