boat
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There has also been a drop in legal migration arrivals, asylum claims and small boat arrivals to the UK compared to a year ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
In the United States, Parton's books have reached as far as Bethel, Alaska, a small town accessible only by plane or boat that serves as a hub for Indigenous villages.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Sean and Jenny Taggart, 40-something Philadelphia residents on a camping sojourn through nearby Acadia National Park, had their binoculars fixed on puffins swimming off the stern of the tour boat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
American sentiment was turning against newcomers, whether Vietnamese refugees, Cuban and Haitian boat people, Central Americans fleeing civil wars or Mexicans looking for economic opportunity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
We walk in silence to the end of the jetty where Hannie tied the boat perfectly, out of sight from the shore.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Nearly 500 migrants have arrived in the UK in one day, in the first boats to successfully cross the Channel in 10 days.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
About 60 percent are coast guard ships, with research vessels and other government boats making up the rest.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The mostly middle-aged crowd featured men in boat shoes and women with jewelry at an outdoor space where boats docked near the restaurant.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Peyton, an eighth-grader, won in medium boats, hooking her 10th trophy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Despite the storm and the treacherous waters, Kontos, a skilled mariner, managed to guide his two boats to shelter in Antikythera’s only harbor, a small cove on its northern coast called Potamos.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
This summer, ProPublica journalists hiked and boated across Rubkona County, the epicenter of South Sudan’s outbreak and home to the country’s largest refugee camp, to interview families that the U.S. cut off from help.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
"Nowadays it has to be boated off. It's just not realistic at all. But it captures everyone's imagination."
From BBC ● May 5, 2025
The film shifts to black and white as the action moves inside a building less adorned than the ones the man has boated past, but grand, even so.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
Naya Rivera, who played cheerleader Santana Lopez,, drowned in Lake Piru in July 2020 after saving her then-4-year-old son while the pair boated together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
The sky scowled down upon us, threatening rain as we boated over to Southwark and joined the throng of bearbaiters and playgoers.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Residents of the city, which is nestled in the Appalachian foothills with the Tennessee River running through the heart of a lively downtown, enjoy a variety of outdoor activities including hiking, biking and boating.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
The city sees the latest return of boating as one part of a broader effort to bring more people and activity to MacArthur Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
We love vacationing in Lake Tahoe, swimming and boating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Mercury Marine, a division of the boating company Brunswick, is the only manufacturer to make 600-hp outboards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
All kinds of boating except the most urgent had ceased for the time being.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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