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yacht

[yot] / jɒt /


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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

The frigate fired warning shots as Jane and Alan Kelvey sailed their yacht on what Russia's defence ministry said had been a "dangerous approach".

From BBC Jul. 20, 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

That is where his $7 million yacht typically docks during his summer visits.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

In this place there is no ship but the sleek racing yacht sailing out of the bay, blown by a custom-made zephyr, sending it off to points even more exotic than this.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Over the years, however, Xu's taste for yachts and luxury clashed with President Xi Jinping's crackdown on extreme wealth as Beijing tightened its watch over corruption within the financial sector.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

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

He has appeared in countless videos, flaunting an ultra-luxurious lifestyle of fast cars, private jets, and yachts.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Some might speed up charitable-giving plans, while others are looking at splurging on a vacation home or buying expensive assets like art or yachts located outside the state and keeping them out of California.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

If the price of bread goes up 6 percent, that’s no reason to suspect the price of yachts will go up by 6 percent as well.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He has yachted from blazing Syria to arctic Spitsbergen.

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

For the pleasure of astonishing the world, no sacrifice was too costly; and whether he rode, or shot, or played, or yachted, his first thought was notoriety.

From That Boy Of Norcott's by Charles James Lever

The Cryptolocker mastermind was eventually identified as Evgeniy Bogachev, a Russian national known to be fond of luxury cars and yachting on the Black Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 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

While the furniture and housing industries also use old-growth teak, they have generally found it easier to substitute plantation teak than the yachting industry, he adds.

From BBC Feb. 2, 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

A large photograph of an elderly man in yachting costume attracted me, hung on the wall over his desk.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald




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