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Recent Examples of longboat
The horn emanating from the golden helm is an underrated detail, as are the shoulder stripes symbolizing Norse longboats.
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Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
Local participants, called guizers, celebrate their Norse heritage by dressing in Viking gear and marching through the town of Lerwick with battle axes and torches, dragging a ceremonial Viking longboat with them.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2023
At the end of the procession, the guizers hurl their flaming torches onto the longboat and set it ablaze.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2023
During the War of 1812, the original lightkeeper’s daughters, Abigail and Rebecca Bates, noticed a British warship approaching and launching a longboat to loot the town for supplies.
—Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2022
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Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
Local participants, called guizers, celebrate their Norse heritage by dressing in Viking gear and marching through the town of Lerwick with battle axes and torches, dragging a ceremonial Viking longboat with them.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2023
At the end of the procession, the guizers hurl their flaming torches onto the longboat and set it ablaze.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2023
During the War of 1812, the original lightkeeper’s daughters, Abigail and Rebecca Bates, noticed a British warship approaching and launching a longboat to loot the town for supplies.
—Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for longboat
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The last time anyone saw the Franklin expedition was when Inuit hunters encountered starving sailors dragging a lifeboat across the ice in Washington Bay, clad in wool rather than furs.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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The ship carried about 2,240 passengers and crew, but not enough lifeboats to accommodate them all.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2025
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The frames were built in Poland and shipped by a barge through the European river network to Marseille’s port on France’s southern coast for the contractor to pour the concrete to create 18 cubes.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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These technologies include a bubble barrier that removes small fish trapped under barges or carried in their wake and an acoustic deterrent that creates painful sound waves.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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The second reliever to follow him, Calvin Faucher, served up the 2-0 belt-high cutter on the outer third of the plate that Machado sent 408 feet to left field.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2025
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But both brothers died when their cutter, the U.S.S. Tampa, was torpedoed by German U-boats.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 May 2025
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In the meantime, the riverboats are dry-docked at an area recycling yard.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2025
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An educational 25-minute riverboat cruise also runs further up the Weeki Wachee river and teaches visitors about native plants and animals, and the environmental threats to the springs (like fertilizer runoff from golf courses).—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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Now, my devotion continues with her newest, Swept Away — a love story about two strangers who get stranded at sea together on a houseboat.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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The outlet reported that Fröhlich lived on a houseboat on the Holzhafenufer in the Moorfleet district of Hamburg.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 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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On the eve of the indictments, Juarez posted to social media a picture of a peaceful scene: Himself on a large motorboat, a silver watch on his wrist, with a yellow and orange sun setting on the horizon behind him.—
Jakob Rodgers,
The Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2025
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Francine Kiefer/The Christian Science Monitor About 350 people live on the island, and each family has 3 acres, a motorboat, and a rowboat.—
Francine Kiefer,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 Apr. 2025
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The stage was set for an entirely forgivable drop in level, but Andreeva stayed on an even keel to win the next two sets, and with them, the title.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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The researchers acknowledged the possibility that the lines could have been created by a keel (an extended structural component that runs below a boat).—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Longboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longboat. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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