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yacht

[yot] / jɒt /


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A luxury yacht broker is suing Storonsky, alleging the entrepreneur “went behind their back” to avoid paying commission on a purchase they had worked on.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

“Going to Babble On” has a quicker pulse with guitars that chug, and its vibe has the melodic ease of the early-’80s pop style sometimes called yacht rock.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

He owned a 56-foot yacht he named Silver Lining, and authorities said he was known as a master yachtsman and a world traveler.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Several hundred protesters shouted slogans hostile to US policies in the Middle East and tried to get close to the yacht, guarded by masked police officers, local media footage showed.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

But I was curious, because when w ere we ever going to get the chance to sail around the Ligurian Sea on some bloke’s private yacht?

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

The public official is accused of lodging without permission on two docked yachts that did not belong to her.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Later, the sessions for 1977’s “London Town” were recorded in a studio they built in one of three yachts anchored off the coast of the Virgin Islands.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2026

After all, there’s typically little impact to ordinary consumers or the economy at large if prices for yachts increase.

From MarketWatch Jun. 13, 2026

On a new breed of hotel-branded luxury yachts, prices can rival those of the world’s most exclusive resorts, but so can the level of access.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Far downstream, twinkling lights began to appear at the portholes of some of the larger yachts anchored near the finish line.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

She may repeat the furore created when King George's mother, Denmark's radiant Alexandra, was similarly yachted to Britain to marry the future Edward VII.

From Time Magazine Archive

He yachted in summer and sat with equally well-bred companions in the posh Carlton Club in winter.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has yachted from blazing Syria to arctic Spitsbergen.

From Time Magazine Archive

All last summer Queen & Daughter yachted and toured in Scandinavia.

From Time Magazine Archive

He drove, he rode, he yachted, to universal admiration; and, meantime, his lady visited all the galleries and works of art, and received in her house all the learned and the literary of all countries.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 by Various

The pair have been photographed yachting in St. Tropez, holding hands in London and attending the premiere of the “Legally Blonde” prequel “Elle.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

The mustached southerner, yachting enthusiast and philanthropist, whose empire also included sports clubs, had been suffering from the degenerative disease Lewy Body Dementia.

From Barron's May 6, 2026

After lounging on Hawaii’s beaches and yachting in Sicily, a new star-studded cast has headed to Thailand for a luxurious, deadly vacation in “The White Lotus.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2025

In the cloudy skies and on the choppy waters, the emergency operation is continuing here in Porticello, where a luxury yachting holiday turned to horror.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2024

Togged up women and gentlemen in yachting costume and all very rich and important looking.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie




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