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[raft, rahft] / ræft, rɑft /




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Life Raft was launched in 2021 to rid the island of both ferrets and rats.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

At Raft Cove, the ship’s contractor & members of the Quatsino First Nation supported the removal of 123 garbage bags & 65 bulk bags in 35 trips made by two 🚁.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021

The tragedy would later inspire one of the biggest paintings of the 19th century, the 16-by-23-foot The Raft of The Medusa.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2021

Some of these accounts are legendary, such as a case that was immortalized by French artist Théodore Géricault in his painting The Raft of the Medusa.

From Scientific American • Apr. 16, 2021

“I’m holding it in my lap. Gericault's Raft of the Medusa by Lorenz E. A. Eitner. It’s a beautiful book, Ari.”

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz




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