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as in vessel
a small buoyant structure for travel on water
paddling the little boat across the lake is great exercise, but tiring
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as in ship
a large craft for travel by water
you'll have to take a passenger boat to get to the island
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Recent Examples of boat
Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
The painting, a Mediterranean beach scene with boats and figures, could be worth a significant amount of money, as paintings by Morrocco featuring such scenes have performed well at auctions.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Clifford Coonan, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Social media users were not happy and blasted the royal couple for taking a lax approach to water safety while boating.
—Tracy Wright, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Around noon, the boat hit a channel marker just south of the Julia Tuttle Causeway, Miami Beach officials said.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
The painting, a Mediterranean beach scene with boats and figures, could be worth a significant amount of money, as paintings by Morrocco featuring such scenes have performed well at auctions.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
The six-part series is set in Hong Kong and tells of a group of friends gathering for a summer of fun in the sun as boating season begins but which spirals into a web of deception and power struggles.
—Clifford Coonan, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Social media users were not happy and blasted the royal couple for taking a lax approach to water safety while boating.
—Tracy Wright, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boat
Noun
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Hegseth announced Wednesday that U.S. and Panamanian officials had already signed a memorandum of understanding, and that a final document is on the way to formally secure toll-free priority for American naval vessels.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Its current fleet spans four nearly identical plug-in hybrid ships, each with capacity for 640 passengers and equipped with an 86-ton battery; the company says these batteries are among the largest on any passenger vessel.—
Blane Bachelor,
AFAR Media,
9 Apr. 2025
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McPherson preached aboard the ship, and its passengers, spellbound by her blossoming charisma and moved by her plight, gathered just enough funds to buy the young widow and her baby train tickets to New York City, where Minnie would meet them in the fall of 1910.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Nimitz replaced sister ship USS Carl Vinson as the latter was retasked by the Pentagon from the region to the Middle East.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In the seventh, Fernando Tatis Jr. crushed a solo home run that sailed over the left field fence and onto the new two-story A’s club house, a 406-foot shot for a Padres 5-3 lead, and A’s ace Luis Severino dropped to 0-2 on the season despite an otherwise solid outing.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Emerald Cruises plans to launch two more ocean-going yachts by 2027 and a sleek river ship that will sail in Europe.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2025
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The move makes the yacht’s interior volume, already considerable at 500 gross tons, feel significantly larger.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
9 Apr. 2025
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That’s on top of a planned yacht, Emerald Kaia, that’s scheduled to launch in 2026.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Their mum would ferry a young Ramsey back and forth between auditions and shoots, cranking Matilda the Musical at maximum volume in the car.—
Zing Tsjeng,
Vogue,
11 Apr. 2025
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While just two stories, the home comes with an elevator, which can ferry you to and from the gym without breaking a sweat.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Firefighters also returned to the water to get the canoe.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2025
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From there, the canoe will continue its circumnavigation of the Pacific Ocean, which began in Alaska in June 2023.—
Brianna Randall,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Rock Creek Lakes Resort on the other side of the lake, has kayak and canoe rentals (as well as a small store and breakfast).—
Jenna Blough,
Outside Online,
8 Apr. 2025
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Go scuba diving, take a glass-bottom boat tour, or paddle a kayak.—
Lisa A. Beach,
Southern Living,
30 Mar. 2025
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Those figures come amid a raft of troubling economic data.—
Jonathan Easley,
The Hill,
11 Apr. 2025
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The men then clambered down to the water before launching a raft from the northeast shore of the island.—
Louise McLoughlin,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boat. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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