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yacht

[yot] / jɒt /


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She even sought out McDonald, another yacht rock OG, for a collab that didn’t end up making the LP, which expanded beyond her original premise as her listening broadened along with her cooking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Aqua Lares Aqua Expeditions’ yacht, launched in February, sails the country’s inner and outer islands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

On a recent Friday evening at a Westchester yacht club, roughly a dozen choppers flew by in a two-hour stretch as members sipped rum cocktails on a waterside deck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Six people have been rescued after a 46ft yacht got into difficulty off the coast of Northern Ireland.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

A pair of half-men guarded a yacht of some swank, staring at Tool with an open challenge in their eyes and guttural growling of acknowledgment as he went past.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

“Across the bay the yachts of the city’s rich lingered motionless all summer, never seeming to arrive or depart.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the U.S. began to indict Russian oligarchs and seize yachts and other assets.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Gibson, from Penbryn Nant, in Ruthin, Denbighshire, lied that he had been worth hundreds of millions of pounds, had served in the Special Boat Service, and owned yachts.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

Brass bands on the quayside and women waving and a hundred thousand yachts and honkers and arcs of water from the fireships.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

It didn't occasion any loud comments from nobility or clergy when the King yachted to Yugoslavia with Mrs. Simpson.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were flat-sided, long-legged, long-nosed, and had large bristling manes—showed, in fact, every sign of reverting to the type of the original pig that yachted with Noah.

From Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson

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

A yachting incident intensified the rivalry between Turner and Murdoch in 1983 when a Murdoch-sponsored yacht collided with Turner's in the Sydney-Hobart race, sinking Turner's schooner.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

Previous excuses for failing to file have included being up a mountain or yachting around the world.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026

It isn’t hard to think that Jeff Bezos left his role as Amazon.com’s CEO to enjoy a slower life filled with yachting and celebrity parties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 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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