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Recent Examples of lifeboat
Joel argues for border restrictions and the need to keep others out of the lifeboat to avoid sinking, but his heart’s not in it.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
The man was able to keep the girl afloat while treading water for around 20 minutes before cruise ship members came to rescue the pair in a lifeboat, the Daily Mail reported.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 30 June 2025
All evacuated to a lifeboat and were rescued by a nearby merchant marine vessel.
—Mark Thiessen, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
An uninflated lifeboat and deck furniture have also already been recovered.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
The man was able to keep the girl afloat while treading water for around 20 minutes before cruise ship members came to rescue the pair in a lifeboat, the Daily Mail reported.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 30 June 2025
All evacuated to a lifeboat and were rescued by a nearby merchant marine vessel.
—Mark Thiessen, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
An uninflated lifeboat and deck furniture have also already been recovered.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifeboat
Noun
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Luckily, the zombies in 28 Years Later have yet to invent longboats, so the island society has been able to endure, albeit on a semi-permanent war footing.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
3 July 2025
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Platoon after platoon scuffed down to the shoreline to clamber aboard gunboats, longboats, and six-oared, flat-bottomed bateaux.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2025
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Dove/Torr Cottage, Centerport After a decade living on their yawl in Huntington Harbor and a stint upstate after his mother died, artists Arthur Dove and Helen Torr were able to purchase an old post-office building perched alongside Titus Mill Pond in 1938.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
27 July 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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This company's launch vehicle, simply named Maia, is designed with a recoverable and reusable booster stage that will land on an offshore barge following liftoff from the Guiana Space Center in South America.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 July 2025
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An unpermitted fireworks barge that exploded, injuring a half-dozen people in Alabama.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Rockies starter Kyle Freeland fired a first-pitch cutter.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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And the cutter the first inning, just got his hands inside of it and kept it fair.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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As of Friday, 766 personnel, 16 water tenders, 24 fire crews and other resources have been assigned to the Dale Fire.—
Jamie Parsons,
The Washington Examiner,
19 July 2025
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Expect a fun take on bar food ranging from burgers and chicken tenders to barbacoa bowls and kimchi fried rice to accompany the summery cocktail list ranging from $16-45 and select beers starting at $7.—
Mackensy Lunsford,
The Tennessean,
17 July 2025
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Other special events include, a riverboat ride hosted by Green River Distillery, a mix and mingle at The Last Refuge, 600 E. Market St., in NuLu and a fine dining experience at Bistro Le Relais, 2817 Taylorsville Road, with former Courier Journal food critic Susan Reigler.—
Molly Gregory,
The Courier-Journal,
16 July 2025
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Like its counterpart at Disneyland in California, Tom Sawyer Island is a old timey island amid the Rivers of America, which guests can reach by raft or circle by riverboat.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
7 July 2025
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The Women of Dedication luncheon is the signature fundraiser of the women’s auxiliary, which was founded in the 1950s and supports The Salvation Army’s social service programs.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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Baraka was a central figure of the Black Arts Literary Movement — the cultural auxiliary to the 1960s Black Power movement, according to NorthJersey.com, part of the USA TODAY Network.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Verdier’s innovative design will use a canting keel as the support for one of the foils, with the other two contact points being a foil on the rudder and the two lateral foils.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
26 June 2025
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The ship’s construction began in February 2023 with steel cutting and then progressed with the keel laying in December 2023.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 July 2025
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“Lifeboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifeboat. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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