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Recent Examples of lifeboat
Flight controllers and the crew used the lunar module as a lifeboat to return safely to Earth.
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Anna Commander
hannah Parry
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
Aerial footage from a police helicopter showed rescuers diving into the water to pull swimmers to the safety of a lifeboat.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
The crew has less than an hour to evacuate the command module Odyssey into the lunar module Aquarius, using it as a lifeboat.
—ArsTechnica, 29 June 2025
The crew evacuated via lifeboat and transferred to a nearby merchant vessel in tandem with the U.S. Coast Guard.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 26 June 2025
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Anna Commander
hannah Parry
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
Aerial footage from a police helicopter showed rescuers diving into the water to pull swimmers to the safety of a lifeboat.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
The crew has less than an hour to evacuate the command module Odyssey into the lunar module Aquarius, using it as a lifeboat.
—ArsTechnica, 29 June 2025
The crew evacuated via lifeboat and transferred to a nearby merchant vessel in tandem with the U.S. Coast Guard.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifeboat
Noun
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Luckily, the zombies in 28 Years Later have yet to invent longboats, so the island society has been able to endure, albeit on a semi-permanent war footing.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
3 July 2025
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Platoon after platoon scuffed down to the shoreline to clamber aboard gunboats, longboats, and six-oared, flat-bottomed bateaux.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Water poured in too fast for the crew to pump it out, and the ship's captain ordered the eight-man crew onto the yawl boat.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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Water poured in too fast for the crew to pump it out, and the ship's captain ordered the men into the yawl boat.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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When that high water abated in late July, Day predicted that barge traffic on the state's largest port and the Arkansas River as a whole would return to normal.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Sep. 2025
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There’s a small barge in a canal with a pole mounted on the front.—
Matthew Jackson,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Footage released by the Philippine government shows a Chinese coast guard cutter colliding with a People's Liberation Army Navy destroyer after being outmaneuvered by a Philippine fisheries bureau vessel.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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The first step required chopping the hay into short lengths in a trough-like cutter with a shear handle, like a paper cutter.—
Clare Conley,
Outdoor Life,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Earlier this year, Wingstop added crispy chicken tenders to the menu alongside a dozen flavors such as Hawaiian, Cajun, Louisiana rub, spicy Korean Q, atomic, garlic parmesan, lemon pepper, and mango habanero.—
George A. Paul,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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The process of choosing a concessionaire for the pipeline and energy corridor is underway, with a tender projected for the second quarter of 2026.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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My grandparents love to travel, and the next trip on their calendar is a riverboat cruise from Paris all around northern France.—
Melony Forcier,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Sep. 2025
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Dressed in a black hat, black bell-bottoms, and a jacket with turquoise accents, the Louisiana country singer gave a soulful, twangy reading of the riverboat tale, effortlessly commanding the crowd with just a few shimmies and finger points.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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Then, during World War II, at the age of 8, Anderson learned to knit from her mother and grandmother, who belonged to a knitting auxiliary, creating sweaters, vests, bed socks and more.—
Talia McWright,
Twin Cities,
17 Aug. 2025
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Baraka was a central figure of the Black Arts Literary Movement — the cultural auxiliary to the 1960s Black Power movement, according to NorthJersey.com, part of the USA TODAY Network.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Curved walls, brass accents, and floor-to-ceiling windows frame a generous living space—complete with a dining table that arcs like a ship’s keel and a cocktail-ready bar that glows at night.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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If bookmaking was in theory the keel that kept the ship upright, in practice Bowyer often treated it as another gamble, priding himself on taking bets that his competition wouldn’t touch.—
DAVID AMSDEN,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Lifeboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifeboat. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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