boat

Example Sentences

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A 67-year-old woman jumped off a boat over the weekend to get close to the whale before she was stopped, the Associated Press reported.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Albadri first arrived in the UK by small boat from France on 5 August 2021, but by November 2023 he had left the country, the prosecution said.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Researchers studying an unusually high number of whale deaths have found that nearly 20% of the gray whales seen entering the Bay did not survive, with many killed by boat strikes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

The ride was gentler than I’d anticipated — kind of like a boat ride in a harbor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

It keeps talking, like a boat motor with no shut-off valve, saying more stuff I want him to know, even though most of me knows he doesn’t care.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam