as in schooner
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The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.
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Michael Taylor, Forbes, 22 June 2022
The wooden boats competed in skiff, workboat, lugger, trawler, runabout, sailboat and cruiser classes.
—Ann Benoit, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
Michael Taylor, Forbes, 22 June 2022
The wooden boats competed in skiff, workboat, lugger, trawler, runabout, sailboat and cruiser classes.
—Ann Benoit, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lugger
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Its story began in 1965, when a Texas oil executive named Johnno Jackson and his wife, Helen, were sailing the South Pacific on their schooner, the New Moon.Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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This July 2023 photo provided by State Historical Society of Wisconsin shows the schooner Trinidad's wheel.CBS News, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
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The performance sloop will showcase the Brit’s signature contemporary styling, with a reverse bow for maximum waterline length and a sleek hull for effortless cruising.Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2024
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The first was a 131-foot sloop, which Walker replaced five years later with a 171-footer.Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
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The Russian vessels consisted of two submarines, a frigate and tug boat, the Coast Guard said.CBS News, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2024
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Its maritime arm dispatched frigates and corvettes to patrol the coastal waters with little event.Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
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The vessel’s 328-foot submersible aft deck—a feature that first attracted her new owner, who uses OK to transport their 150-foot ketch—is now covered in a carpet of artificial grass.Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
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Perkins had amassed a fleet of vessels over a 25-year period that included the 141-foot Perini Navi Andromeda la Dea, a 154-foot ketch of the same name, and the Herreshoff classic Mariette of 1915.Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2024
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Billionaire Michael Krasny lists home in the Park Tower for $3.4M American Airlines tests boarding technology that audibly shames line cutters Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox have a new TV home.Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 2024
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Even Bobby Portis is keeping his eyes up, passing up his usual mid-range looks in favor of hitting cutters like Taurean Prince on backdoor slashes.Brian Sampson, Forbes, 24 Oct. 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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Suarez often prepares this dish on yachts, where space is extremely limited.Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
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The 794-foot Luminara, the largest of the three Ritz-Carlton yachts, has 226 suites (accommodating up to 452 guests) and most voyages are 7 or 8 nights.Passport by ForbesLife, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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The seven-foot canvas features only two figures, who stand in a green shallop like Adam and Eve.Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 4 May 2022
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And so had the shallop, built in Massachusetts in 1957 at the Plymouth Marine Railway.Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019
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“Lugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lugger. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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