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Recent Examples of lifeboat
There were no reported injuries among the 22 crew members of the Morning Midas, who were evacuated onto a lifeboat.
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Shane Croucher
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
Crew members abandoned ship, were evacuated onto a lifeboat and rescued by the crew of a nearby merchant vessel called the Cosco Hellas in the North Pacific, roughly 300 miles southwest of Adak Island.
—Arkansas Online, 5 June 2025
Through his initial public addresses and self-styling, the image of what role Pope Leo XIV wants to play as supreme pontiff is becoming clearer — a figure that can work the same magic as Leo XIII, navigating an ancient institution into the depths of 21st-century turmoils as a lifeboat for the lost.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2025
Once all the lifeboats were gone, Gracie then helped the crew retrieve several collapsible lifeboats.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
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Shane Croucher
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
Crew members abandoned ship, were evacuated onto a lifeboat and rescued by the crew of a nearby merchant vessel called the Cosco Hellas in the North Pacific, roughly 300 miles southwest of Adak Island.
—Arkansas Online, 5 June 2025
Through his initial public addresses and self-styling, the image of what role Pope Leo XIV wants to play as supreme pontiff is becoming clearer — a figure that can work the same magic as Leo XIII, navigating an ancient institution into the depths of 21st-century turmoils as a lifeboat for the lost.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2025
Once all the lifeboats were gone, Gracie then helped the crew retrieve several collapsible lifeboats.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 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
Noun
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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
Noun
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The annual spectacle, lighting up the city since 1976, this time was launched from barges in the Hudson River, the first time in more than a decade not done from the East River.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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After a barge crashed into the restaurant in 2019, the main dining area sank and sent pieces onto the banks of the Ohio River with tables, chairs and umbrellas floating upriver.—
Hailey Roden,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Brown will regain his role as the team’s backup floor general and will thrive as a cutter, screener, and transition player in his minutes with Jokic and Murray.—
Kambui Bomani,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Grossman said initially the maker space was by appointment only, but now there are open hours where people can make things with a 3D printer, a laser cutter, sublimation machines to put a design on materials, a sewing machine, embroidery equipment and more.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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The fire is fought by nine engines, two water tenders and four hand crews.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 July 2025
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Publix’s bone-in fried chicken is superior to their chicken tenders.—
Staff Author,
Southern Living,
5 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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Fulton Yards opened on Riverside in 2022 and pays homage to the East End, which was known as Fulton in the late 1800s due to the riverboat building industry located along the Ohio River.—
Keith Pandolfi,
The Enquirer,
2 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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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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Develop healthy eating, sleeping and exercise habits: Dehydration, poor sleep and skipped meals can magnify the effects of weather triggers, so keeping your body on an even keel helps reduce vulnerability.—
Danielle Wilhour,
The Conversation,
10 July 2025
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“Lifeboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifeboat. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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