as in yacht
a boat equipped with one or more sails
we were stuck in the sailboat for an hour until the wind came up and we could move again
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Recent Examples of sailboat
The Italian shipyard, which has separate lines of motoryachts and sailboats, has proven itself to be an innovator.
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Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2024
Greer, a person who lives on Nantucket, an island surrounded by sailboats, spends some time in her yard wearing a cozy oversize knit cardigan with … sailboats on it.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
Ali Ahn never expected to be doing one of the most important auditions of her career from the galley of a sailboat.
—Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
The crew arrived in the nick of time because the man's sailboat became disabled and began taking on water off the Florida coast in Sanibel Island.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2024
Greer, a person who lives on Nantucket, an island surrounded by sailboats, spends some time in her yard wearing a cozy oversize knit cardigan with … sailboats on it.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
Ali Ahn never expected to be doing one of the most important auditions of her career from the galley of a sailboat.
—Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
The crew arrived in the nick of time because the man's sailboat became disabled and began taking on water off the Florida coast in Sanibel Island.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sailboat
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The yacht was built by Turkish shipyard AvA Yachts.Katia Damborsky, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Iowa played summer exhibition games in Italy and Croatia, and with the help of name, image, and likeness (NIL) sponsorship money from brands like Nike, Buick, and the midwestern grocery chain Hy-Vee, Clark treated her teammates to a yacht outing in the Adriatic.Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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With just 54 cabins and suites in a space that would typically see 200, the new vessel will be primarily sold for full ship charters.Doug Gollan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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There, Lucius and his fellow gladiators must mount a full-scale attack on a warring ship for the entertainment of thousands of Romans watching, including its unhinged sibling emperors, Geta and Caracalla (Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger).Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Yet there’s a happy ending for this sonic schooner: Following the conversation, Fagen’s manager granted Yacht Rock the use of six Steely Dan songs.Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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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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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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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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People who couldn’t afford to hire a guide and be chauffeured comfortably in a Mackenzie boat, or who didn’t want to, arrived with dinghies and johnboats lashed to the roofs of old yellow buses.David Quammen, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2024
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And here are the day's remaining medal events: Sailing — Mixed dinghy is at 5:43 a.m.Sean Nevin, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
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Russia's defense ministry said Tuesday that its Admiral Gorshkov and Admiral Golovko frigates fired hypersonic Zircon missiles, the submarine Novorossiysk launched a Kalibr cruise missile and an Onyx cruise missile was launched from the Mediterranean coast.Brendan Cole, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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The main warship in the Russian deployment is the Admiral Gorshkov, a state-of-the-art frigate that is the lead ship in a new class of six combat vessels Moscow has commissioned through 2025.Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
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“Sailboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sailboat. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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