"Franz 1858\u20131942 American (German-born) anthropologist and ethnologist":[]
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"\u02c8b\u014d-\u02ccaz"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170842",
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"provision",
"victual"
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"board of examiners",
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"\u2014 W. A. White"
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": blackboard":[
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],
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"Add a link to the board ."
],
": skateboard":[
"\u2026 Tony Hawk has just legitimized the youthful rebellion they'd abandoned along with their boards .",
"\u2014 Sean Pamphilon"
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": skis":[
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],
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"Do a backflip off the board ."
],
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": to come up against or alongside (a ship) usually to attack":[],
": to cover or seal off with a long, thin, and often narrow piece of sawed lumber : to cover or seal off with boards (see board entry 1 sense 1 )":[
"\u2014 usually used with up board up a window board up a house"
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": to get into or onto a means of transportation (such as an airplane, bus, ship, etc.)":[
"A bit late, we hurried to the gate just in time to board .",
"\u2014 Ellen Creager"
],
": to go aboard (something, such as a ship, train, airplane, or bus)":[
"boarded a bus to Chicago"
],
": to provide with regular meals and often also lodging usually for compensation":[
"supplemented her income by boarding college students"
],
": to put aboard":[
"an airliner boarding passengers"
],
": to put or allow passengers into or onto such a means of transportation":[
"\u2026 before my plane boarded I wandered into a duty-free shop to pick up a few last-minute presents.",
"\u2014 Ted Mooney"
],
": to ride a skateboard, snowboard, etc.":[
"At 12, Danny joined his 16-year-old brother \u2026 on the slopes, boarding every day after school.",
"\u2014 Scott DeSimon"
]
},
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"Noun",
"They nailed some boards over the broken window.",
"They covered the board in fabric and pinned some photographs to it.",
"the board that is used to play games like chess and checkers",
"I saw a notice on the board calling for volunteers.",
"Write the answers on the board .",
"She is on the town's planning board .",
"The parole board has decided that the prisoner is not yet ready for release.",
"Verb",
"You must have a ticket in order to board the train.",
"The pirates tried to board the ship, but we fought them off.",
"We're supposed to board at 10:15.",
"We're now boarding all passengers.",
"The flight is about to begin boarding .",
"Passengers should remain in the boarding area.",
"The caretaker boarded the window.",
"They board guests during the summer season.",
"Many students board at the college.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The budget process has been fraught as the GOP leadership has not been able to get all of its members on board . \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 22 June 2022",
"That ceremony, still scheduled as planned, is slated to be followed by a three-night news media preview sailing, the first with any significant number of people on board . \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
"This marked the first time South Korea has launched a\u200b real working\u200b satellite on board a domestic rocket. \u2014 New York Times , 21 June 2022",
"According to Deadline Hollywood, which first reported the news, Kazan will write and executive-produce the Netflix project, and Florence Pugh (Little Women, Black Widow) is on board to star as the manipulative matriarch Cathy Ames. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 21 June 2022",
"On May 23, an F-7 jet crashed in the same province, killing the two-man crew on board . \u2014 Dominic Dudley, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Dutch FilmWorks\u2019 bosses, including CEO Willem Pruijssers, co-CEO Marcel De Block and COO Ren\u00e9 van Turnhout, will remain on board following the deal. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
"Qantas has promised that its economy class seats on board will offer 33 inches (84 centimeters) of pitch. \u2014 John Walton, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"Now that the season is in full swing, both airlines are competing on price as well as frequent flyer miles to coax travelers on board . \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"It was also announced that Dailyn Rodriguez will board the show in its second season in the role of co-showrunner and executive producer. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"All Wheels Up is crash testing and lobbying for planes to be fitted with wheelchair tie-downs and restraints to enable passengers to board and fly seated in their own devices. \u2014 Gus Alexiou, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Greene also explored the option of getting a prescription for heavy sedation medicine that Elijah could take to board the plane and stay seated without incident. \u2014 Emma Tucker, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Just beyond the reach of New York City\u2019s frenetic, round-the-clock subway, people in a slice of western Queens wait \u2014 and wait \u2014 to board one of the borough\u2019s slowest buses. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"Mountaineers board helicopters to shuttle them from base camp to base camp, thus avoiding the days or sometimes weeks of trekking between the mountains. \u2014 Ben Ayers, Outside Online , 29 May 2022",
"Get a room with a veranda \u2014 balcony \u2014 for $829 per person, double. Make your way to Houston and board the Grandeur of the Seas, which sails the Western Caribbean on June 1. \u2014 Scott Mcmurren, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
"Betsy maintains that ethics, not religion, influenced her decision, not to board . \u2014 Judy Sammon, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
"And just this month, German airline Lufthansa did not allow a large group of Jewish travelers to board a plane because other travelers, who were Jewish, refused to wear masks. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 11":"Noun"
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": the hard greenish brown lustrous wood of boarwood":[]
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"bull",
"crow",
"gasconade",
"swagger",
"vapor",
"vaunt"
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"It may sound like a boast , but I truly am very wealthy."
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"boasting about her accomplishments"
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"He liked to boast that he was the richest man in town."
]
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"Noun",
"When he says he's the richest man in town, he's not just making an idle boast .",
"We were offended by his boast that he would easily beat us.",
"The museum's proudest boast is its collection of rare gems.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Mackerel, salmon and cod liver oil boast some of the highest levels of omega-3. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"While those rates are encouraging on their own with regards to this pick, some of the situations that Brown falls into for tonight\u2019s game boast even loftier returns. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Homes around Salt Lake boast lush, forest-green lawns, despite the drought. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"The FireCuda drives each boast a 2TB storage capacity, USB 3.2 Gen 1 connectivity for zippy file transfers, and can be used to save games and data on PC, Mac, PlayStation and Xbox. \u2014 Mitch Wallace, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"Most fans have at least three speed settings, though some boast 12 or more. \u2014 Theresa Holland, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
"Gardens boast banana, papaya, tamarind and mango trees. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"Not only do nearly all of the above boast a larger population which in turn provides a larger candidate pool, but other nearby cities that currently appoint their law directors include Independence, Brecksville, North Royalton and Broadview Heights. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 16 May 2022",
"The Aztecs boast the stingiest scoring defense in the tournament field at 57.7 a game. \u2014 Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But the Boilermakers still boast 7-4 Zach Edey and will be looking for breakout seasons from players like Mason Gillis, Caleb Furst and Ethan Morton. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
"Both sizes boast a range of up to 35 feet, are easy to refill, and are durable enough to survive an entire summer of fun. \u2014 Zachary Mack, Popular Mechanics , 30 June 2022",
"Different wheel cleaners boast varying levels of dirt-busting strength. \u2014 Duncan Brady, Car and Driver , 28 June 2022",
"Winners of 29 straight \u2014 the longest streak in WFA history \u2014 the Renegades boast the league\u2019s top scoring offense (53.3 points per game) and limit opponents to 14.2 points per game, second-best in the WFA. \u2014 Greg Levinsky, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"Even smaller rivals boast much more search traffic than Brave. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"The burgeoning sisters boast performances at Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas, Lightning In A Bottle and the Instagram Met Gala Afterparty. \u2014 Lisa Kocay, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The Celtics boast the league\u2019s most efficient defense, one that allows the NBA\u2019s fewest points per game and lowest opposing field goal percentage. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"Fleet Foxes already boast numerous Billboard chart achievements, dating to the group\u2019s first appearance in 2008, but the folk-rock group\u2019s members can now officially call themselves Billboard Hot 100 hitmakers. \u2014 Xander Zellner, Billboard , 13 June 2022"
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"\u02c8b\u014dst"
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"verb"
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"gasconade",
"swagger",
"vapor",
"vaunt"
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"It may sound like a boast , but I truly am very wealthy."
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": have , contain":[
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"boasting about her accomplishments"
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": to speak of or assert with excessive pride":[
"He liked to boast that he was the richest man in town."
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"Noun",
"When he says he's the richest man in town, he's not just making an idle boast .",
"We were offended by his boast that he would easily beat us.",
"The museum's proudest boast is its collection of rare gems.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Mackerel, salmon and cod liver oil boast some of the highest levels of omega-3. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"While those rates are encouraging on their own with regards to this pick, some of the situations that Brown falls into for tonight\u2019s game boast even loftier returns. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Homes around Salt Lake boast lush, forest-green lawns, despite the drought. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"The FireCuda drives each boast a 2TB storage capacity, USB 3.2 Gen 1 connectivity for zippy file transfers, and can be used to save games and data on PC, Mac, PlayStation and Xbox. \u2014 Mitch Wallace, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"Most fans have at least three speed settings, though some boast 12 or more. \u2014 Theresa Holland, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
"Gardens boast banana, papaya, tamarind and mango trees. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"Not only do nearly all of the above boast a larger population which in turn provides a larger candidate pool, but other nearby cities that currently appoint their law directors include Independence, Brecksville, North Royalton and Broadview Heights. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 16 May 2022",
"The Aztecs boast the stingiest scoring defense in the tournament field at 57.7 a game. \u2014 Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But the Boilermakers still boast 7-4 Zach Edey and will be looking for breakout seasons from players like Mason Gillis, Caleb Furst and Ethan Morton. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
"Both sizes boast a range of up to 35 feet, are easy to refill, and are durable enough to survive an entire summer of fun. \u2014 Zachary Mack, Popular Mechanics , 30 June 2022",
"Different wheel cleaners boast varying levels of dirt-busting strength. \u2014 Duncan Brady, Car and Driver , 28 June 2022",
"Winners of 29 straight \u2014 the longest streak in WFA history \u2014 the Renegades boast the league\u2019s top scoring offense (53.3 points per game) and limit opponents to 14.2 points per game, second-best in the WFA. \u2014 Greg Levinsky, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"Even smaller rivals boast much more search traffic than Brave. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"The burgeoning sisters boast performances at Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas, Lightning In A Bottle and the Instagram Met Gala Afterparty. \u2014 Lisa Kocay, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The Celtics boast the league\u2019s most efficient defense, one that allows the NBA\u2019s fewest points per game and lowest opposing field goal percentage. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"Fleet Foxes already boast numerous Billboard chart achievements, dating to the group\u2019s first appearance in 2008, but the folk-rock group\u2019s members can now officially call themselves Billboard Hot 100 hitmakers. \u2014 Xander Zellner, Billboard , 13 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1823, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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"treasure",
"trophy"
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"A few of the \u2026 parents are downright boastful about their sons.",
"\u2014 Jane Gross",
"\u2026 journalists who are only too willing to take at face value the boastful pronouncements of the company's publicity department.",
"\u2014 Jeffrey Young",
"At the highest levels, the administration's response to the crisis has been sluggish, characterized by boastful rhetoric but stagnant funding.",
"\u2014 The Washington Post"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"A quick dip in egg and matzo meal creates a light, crisp crust for this boastworthy fried chicken.",
"\u2014 Melissa Roberts-Matar , Gourmet , April 2006",
"\u2026 the 100-mile road race \u2026 : a boastworthy challenge you don't need a yellow jersey to accomplish.",
"\u2014 Chris Kostman , National Geographic Adventure , June/July 2007"
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"1918, in the meaning defined above":""
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"ferry",
"navigate",
"sail",
"ship (out)",
"voyage"
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"a laboratory boat"
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"A lot of people still think Cadillac makes big floaty boats .",
"\u2014 Mark LaNeve"
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": to place in or bring into a boat":[]
},
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"He tied the boat to the dock.",
"Cruise ships and other boats filled the harbor.",
"traveling by boat across the ocean",
"Verb",
"We boated over to the island.",
"boated to the picnic site on an island in the bay",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Nights were spent at a small table in the boat \u2019s belly, cushioned by a micro-suede banquette, eating Mopsy\u2019s famous spaghetti Bolognese and playing hearts. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
"Edward left home at the head of an enormous army and returned to England in a fishing boat . \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
"And for the fashion set, there\u2019s model Bianca Balti in a white bikini, bobbing in a boat near the arched Faraglioni rock formations in Dolce & Gabbana\u2019s memorable commercials for the fragrance light blue. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
"The Bank of Japan may find itself in a similar boat . \u2014 John Kicklighter, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Blood was found in a boat owned by a suspect in the pair's disappearance last week, according to authorities. \u2014 Mia Alberti, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"The development came a day after police reported finding traces of blood in the boat of a fisherman who is under arrest as the only suspect in the disappearance. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"The development came a day after police reported finding traces of blood in the boat of a fisherman who is under arrest as the only suspect in the disappearance. \u2014 Fabiano Maisonnave, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"Police have also reported finding traces of blood in the boat of a fisherman who is under arrest as the only suspect in the disappearance. \u2014 Fabiano Maisonnave, ajc , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Their plan is to boat across the Yukon River and camp out until it\u2019s safe to return. \u2014 Olivia Ebertz, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
"Step it up with these high-waisted jeans that boat a D-ring belt for a more elevated take on classic wide-leg denim. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The men had left Pilot Station 12 days ago to boat down to the coast to hunt seal and beluga whale. \u2014 Anna Rose Macarthur, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Visitors to the region can hire local indigenous guides to boat them around the lake and through the river networks, pointing out wildlife and explaining the historical importance of the site. \u2014 Lucy Sherriff, CNN , 13 Aug. 2021",
"But don\u2019t wait for the chance to boat a daily bag limit of five of the feisty trout. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 12 Aug. 2021",
"The easiest and most important things for people to remember is to boat sober and wear their life jacket, said Lt. Darren Kuhn, DNR boating law administrator. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 July 2021",
"Texas guide Dawson Hefner specializes in alligator gar fishing and had volunteered to ferry the two anglers onto the Trinity River in a final attempt to boat the elusive fish. \u2014 Star Tribune , 3 July 2021",
"The scam impersonates Alabama Power, warning people who intend to boat or swim in Lewis Smith Lake to stay out of the water due to a significant increase in the amount of flesh-eating bacteria found in the lake. \u2014 al , 29 June 2021"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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"a boatload of publicity for the new handheld devices",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And most important: How could a boatload of Haitians disappear without a trace",
"And while that's still a few weeks away, the retail juggernaut has already unveiled a boatload of early Prime Day fitness deals that span home gym equipment, workout clothes, fitness trackers, and more. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 10 June 2022",
"The Bulldogs have a boatload of talented athletes, including senior Jaylen Cole. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022",
"The series has also made a boatload of money, notching more than $3.5 billion over six films at the global box office. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 26 May 2022",
"Naylor sees tremendous value in spending a boatload of money to build and launch into the cosmos a telescope with no preconceived judgments. \u2014 Andrea Morris, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Once again, the county taxpayers are paying a boatload of money because the stewards of the jail are not doing their. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022",
"With the departure of a boatload of starters, the Sun Devils will be hard-pressed to match that win total. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Memorial Day Weekend marked the unofficial start to summer with a boatload of shopping deals. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 6 June 2022"
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"noun"
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"plural noun"
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": refugees fleeing by boat":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her maternal grandparents, boat people on the Yangtze River, had begun one day with eight children on the boat and at the end of the day counted seven. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Nov. 2021",
"The boat people where rescued from their sinking ferry in international waters and remain onboard the ship which is anchored off Christmas Island. \u2014 Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Then came Vietnam and the exodus of hundreds of thousands of boat people after the fall of Saigon. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Aug. 2021",
"Darren had successfully reached the water\u2019s edge and was thus in earshot of the boat people . \u2014 Hermione Hoby, Harper's Magazine , 22 June 2021",
"Among the voluntarily naked British citizens on the beach, the first thing observed was that the boat people had no bags. \u2014 Hermione Hoby, Harper's Magazine , 22 June 2021",
"The United Nations High Commission for Refugees estimates that between 200,000 and 400,000 boat people died at sea. \u2014 CNN , 30 Apr. 2021",
"Consider Hanh Tran, born in Boston, her mother one of the boat people who fled Vietnam after the war. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Mar. 2021",
"There were thousands of boat people trying to escape Vietnam during this time. \u2014 Lisa Tran, Bon App\u00e9tit , 12 Feb. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1976, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174552"
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"noun"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Another lightweight option is this boatneck maxi dress that's on sale for $36. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Standing beside Tim, who donned a classic black-and-white tuxedo, Faith wowed the crowd in a sleeveless boatneck printed metallic silver gown by Dior Haute Couture that featured a loose bodice, cinched waist, and column skirt. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Country Living , 3 Mar. 2022",
"On Pranav: Dior wool-and-mohair coat with embroidered belt, $4,900, cotton boatneck T-shirt, $850, and wool cavalry-twill flared paints, $1,300; dior.com. \u2014 Richard Godwin, Travel + Leisure , 26 Feb. 2022",
"The dress is modest, with a boatneck , a tea-length hemline, and long bishop sleeves. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 7 Dec. 2021",
"For all the details and instructions, download our boatneck top knitting pattern. \u2014 Mariana Tuma, Good Housekeeping , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Belted and with a wide boatneck , this bargain sheath can be dressed up or down. \u2014 Elizabeth Wallace, CNN Underscored , 8 Sep. 2020",
"The duchess, who chatted with representatives from three different children hospice patronages, paired her fresh hairstyle with an emerald-green boatneck dress and her signature smoky-brown eye makeup. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2020",
"Besides Meghan, who donned a boatneck white silk gown by British designer Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy to marry Prince Harry, both Kim Kardashian West and Audrey Hepburn wore pieces from the French fashion house on their big days. \u2014 Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com , 21 May 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": a nail usually 3 to 10 inches long made with a large oval or round head or often a rosehead and of soft galvanized iron or of copper usually with a rectangular shaft tapering to a blunt or chisel point and capable of being effectively clinched":[]
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"noun"
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"\u2014 Ben Davidson"
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"Skateboarding is the fastest-growing extreme sport in the United States, with more than 3 million new boarders taking up sport in 2003.",
"\u2014 Michael Lisi"
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"\u02c8b\u022fr-d\u0259r"
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"lessee",
"lodger",
"renter",
"roomer",
"tenant"
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"letter"
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"examples":[
"She decided to take in boarders .",
"Half of the students are boarders .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Chinese immigrants at the time were overwhelmingly male, but Tong lived in the Coronel building with his wife and a boarder named Chang Wan. \u2014 Michael Luo, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
"That\u2019s true in Finland, as well, which shares a long boarder with Russia. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The Illinois Department of Public Health doesn\u2019t publish boarder data online, unlike other hospital metrics. \u2014 Lisa Schencker, chicagotribune.com , 7 Jan. 2022",
"American boarder and social media figure Chloe Kim won the gold in halfpipe for the second time, adding to her 2018 medal from Pyeongchang. \u2014 Ted Anthony, chicagotribune.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Around the same time, Dunn-Downing and another pro boarder , Tina Basich, created their own clothing line, Prom. \u2014 Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The Lems\u2019 boarder , in his haste to depart, left behind pages of handwritten poetry. \u2014 Caleb Crain, The New Yorker , 10 Jan. 2022",
"In front was a boogie boarder ; just beyond two men paddled stand-up boards. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Oct. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"noun"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a pole-handled hook with a point or knob on the back used especially to pull or push a boat, raft, or log into place":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The list is endless: ladders, boat hooks , looms, crutches, umbrella handles, bell stays in church towers, catapults, and arrows. \u2014 National Geographic , 11 Sep. 2016"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2026 Tony Hawk has just legitimized the youthful rebellion they'd abandoned along with their boards .",
"\u2014 Sean Pamphilon"
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"Add a link to the board ."
],
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"one of the best actors that ever trod the boards"
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],
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": to put aboard":[
"an airliner boarding passengers"
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"\u2014 usually used with up board up a window board up a house"
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": to provide with regular meals and often also lodging usually for compensation":[
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"\u2014 W. A. White"
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"At 12, Danny joined his 16-year-old brother \u2026 on the slopes, boarding every day after school.",
"\u2014 Scott DeSimon"
],
": to get into or onto a means of transportation (such as an airplane, bus, ship, etc.)":[
"A bit late, we hurried to the gate just in time to board .",
"\u2014 Ellen Creager"
],
": to put or allow passengers into or onto such a means of transportation":[
"\u2026 before my plane boarded I wandered into a duty-free shop to pick up a few last-minute presents.",
"They nailed some boards over the broken window.",
"They covered the board in fabric and pinned some photographs to it.",
"the board that is used to play games like chess and checkers",
"I saw a notice on the board calling for volunteers.",
"Write the answers on the board .",
"She is on the town's planning board .",
"The parole board has decided that the prisoner is not yet ready for release.",
"Verb",
"You must have a ticket in order to board the train.",
"The pirates tried to board the ship, but we fought them off.",
"We're supposed to board at 10:15.",
"We're now boarding all passengers.",
"The flight is about to begin boarding .",
"Passengers should remain in the boarding area.",
"The caretaker boarded the window.",
"They board guests during the summer season.",
"Many students board at the college.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Trustee Joe LoVerde was the only member of the village board to vote against dropping the distancing rules regarding schools, parks, playgrounds and churches. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"That search committee had 15 members led by Nathaniel Bishop, who was then chairman of the board . \u2014 Susan Svrluga, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Joining Krantz as officers of the board beginning July 1 are Vice Presidents Peter Brosse, Barry Kallmeyer and Shelley Milin Marcus; Treasurer Marcel Duhamel; and Secretary Nancy Adams. \u2014 cleveland , 1 July 2022",
"Every two years, half of the board is up for election. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"Lam served as the chairman of the board overseeing the development of the cultural district from 2012 to 2017, when she was elected chief executive of the city. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"The third member of the board , Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, didn\u2019t comment. \u2014 Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun , 30 June 2022",
"His eldest son Akash Ambani, 30, took over as chairman of the board of directors. \u2014 Gloria Haraito, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Face-nailing through the top of the boards\u2014instead of blind-nailing at the tongue edge\u2014can help prevent cupping of the board in the center, keeping the floor flat and even. \u2014 Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics , 29 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Boychenko\u2019s office wrote on Telegram that more than 200 people had planned to board buses outside a city shopping center, to evacuate to the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Elsewhere in Dnipro, dozens of people waited to board buses to Bulgaria. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Riders will need to board shuttle buses during service hours from the Gateway Transit Center to access the airport. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Evacuees who fled Afghanistan walk through the terminal to board buses that will take them to a processing center, Dulles International Airport on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News , 29 Jan. 2022",
"For years, Greyhound contended it was legally required to allow Border Patrol agents to board its buses. \u2014 Time , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Faculty and staff were scheduled to board buses next week from Arlington schools to AT&T Stadium for the two-and-a-half hour event, described as a pep rally, according to the newspaper\u2019s report. \u2014 Sarah Bahari, Dallas News , 5 Aug. 2021",
"At a station across the street from the shelter, several families prepared to board buses. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 6 May 2021",
"People waited in long lines to board buses Thursday. \u2014 E. Eduardo Castillo And Maria Verza, Star Tribune , 6 May 2021"
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"Middle English bord piece of sawed lumber, border, ship's side, from Old English; akin to Old High German bort ship's side":"Noun and Verb"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 11":"Noun",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020610"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the usual stock-exchange trading unit determined by the rules of the particular exchange (such as, in New York, 100 shares of stock)":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025847"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a fellow crew member or passenger on a boat":[
"\u2026 having trouble matching the stamina and pace of boatmates \u2026",
"\u2014 Brian Cazeneuve , Sports Illustrated , 21 Aug. 2000",
"Nayden's boatmates lean out with nets and grab the shimmering fish as they somersault in the air.",
"\u2014 Bryan Walsh , Time , 23 Aug. 2010"
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"first_known_use":{
"1815, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030722"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"first_known_use":{
"1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043252"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": living quarters especially in a camp in which there are only men":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053317"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
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"Equal parts downhill and roller derby, boardercross was a brilliant addition to the Winter Games \u2026",
"\u2014 Austin Murphy"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u022fr-d\u0259r-\u02cckr\u022fs"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2018, Baumgartner came in fourth in men\u2019s boardercross but didn\u2019t break out of the top 20 in the 2010 or 2014 Games. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Tributes have flooded in for the popular two-time boardercross gold medalist at snowboarding world championships. \u2014 Jack Guy, CNN , 8 July 2020",
"Jacobellis, a 10-time gold medalist in boardercross at the X Games (which discontinued the event in 2017), won her fifth world championship last March and the first two World Cup events this season. \u2014 John Branch, New York Times , 14 Feb. 2018"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"boarder (in sense \"snowboarder\") + -cross (as in motocross )":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1991, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053455"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a unit of quantity for lumber equal to the volume of a board 12 \u00d7 12 \u00d7 1 inches":[
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That's the lowest point for lumber this year \u2013 but still higher than the 2020 high of $400 per board foot . \u2014 Terry Collins, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"The prediction is, next year the price will be as high as $1,516.96 per board foot . \u2014 Mia Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Prices have eased a bit in recent weeks but remain high: Lumber futures contracts were trading at $797 per board foot at the end of June \u2014 84.7 percent higher than a year earlier and roughly double the June 2019 price. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 July 2021",
"The annual volume of timber the division puts up for sale has averaged 227 million board feet a year in the west side forests covered by the forest management plan, said Liz Dent, chief of the state forest division. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Oct. 2019",
"Expert witnesses called by the counties lawyers testified that the state could have cut an additional 3.6 billion board feet of timber from the state forests since 2004. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Nov. 2019",
"Canadian mills last year curtailed 2 billion board feet in annual lumber production after beetles and wildfires drove up log costs and tariffs cut into mills\u2019 margins. \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2020",
"Aero-grade Sitka spruce timber was used to build planes in both World War I and World War II, with the Alaska Spruce Log Program sending 38.5 million board feet of high-quality Sitka spruce to mills in Puget Sound in 1943. \u2014 Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life , 16 Jan. 2020",
"Meanwhile, agency leaders directed foresters to focus on sales that generated maximum revenues and to increase harvest levels to 245 million board feet a year, the highest sustainable level under its current policy. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Oct. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
"1834, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060543"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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": the ability to handle or skill in handling a boat, especially a small one":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": wall construction that gives the appearance of wide vertical strips with intervening recesses or projections by means of (1) wide boards rabbeted on transverse edges and lapped not to the entire width of the rabbet on one side or (2) wide boards alternating with narrow and thin battens usually fitting into grooves in the wide boards or (3) wide boards covered at the seams by narrow usually 2-inch battens":[]
": a county governing board in many states of the U.S. often having as many as 50 members elected proportionally from the county's cities, towns, townships, or wards \u2014 compare board of commissioners":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"Quiksilver\u2019s collections follow Stranger Things\u2018 recent collaborations with JanSport, MAC Cosmetics (which is also available at Ulta) and that spoiler board game that will go unmentioned. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"Renegade Game Studios has a lot of different GI Joe games on offer including a deck builder and a minis board game currently on Kickstarter. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Murder and blackmail follow in the comedy that's been made famous as a board game and movie. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Based on, yes, the board game of your youth, Clue is a comical mystery where six guests (plus a butler and maid) are sequestered into a mansion. \u2014 Men's Health , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The board game Chutes and Ladders involves players racing up a numbered path according to the sum of a dice roll. \u2014 Leila Sloman, Popular Mechanics , 28 Feb. 2022",
"DeepMind Scales the Ladder Shortly before the pandemic, researchers at DeepMind, having conquered the board game Go, were searching for new challenges. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 7 Feb. 2022",
"That style of design was commercialized\u2014with great success\u2014as the board game Mastermind around the time Pong appeared. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 29 Jan. 2022"
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"The most famous native boatman on the bay was a Miwok man the Spanish called Marino or Chief Marin. \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Nov. 2021",
"Fra Ezio has played the role of Charon, the boatman on the mythic River Styx, ferrying souls from one threshold to another. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Dec. 2020",
"Abdellah, a boatman , continues to offer rides across the Bouregreg river between Rabat and Sal\u00e9 despite the absence of the foreign and domestic tourists who provided the bulk of his income before the pandemic. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Nov. 2020",
"The 65-year-old boatman has been transporting locals, goods and livestock across the river for about a quarter century. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2019",
"The 65-year-old boatman has been transporting locals, goods and livestock across the river for about a quarter century. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2019",
"The 65-year-old boatman has been transporting locals, goods and livestock across the river for about a quarter century. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2019",
"The 65-year-old boatman has been transporting locals, goods and livestock across the river for about a quarter century. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2019",
"An hour upstream of Nueva Uni\u00f3n, Andueza\u2019s boatman , Jos\u00e9 Inuma Macusi, shut his engine, grabbed his machete and leaped onto a dirt bank, slinging a single-barrel shotgun over his shoulder. \u2014 Daniel Grossman, Scientific American , 5 Feb. 2020"
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"That's the lowest point for lumber this year \u2013 but still higher than the 2020 high of $400 per board foot . \u2014 Terry Collins, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"The prediction is, next year the price will be as high as $1,516.96 per board foot . \u2014 Mia Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Prices have eased a bit in recent weeks but remain high: Lumber futures contracts were trading at $797 per board foot at the end of June \u2014 84.7 percent higher than a year earlier and roughly double the June 2019 price. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 July 2021",
"The annual volume of timber the division puts up for sale has averaged 227 million board feet a year in the west side forests covered by the forest management plan, said Liz Dent, chief of the state forest division. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Oct. 2019",
"Expert witnesses called by the counties lawyers testified that the state could have cut an additional 3.6 billion board feet of timber from the state forests since 2004. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Nov. 2019",
"Canadian mills last year curtailed 2 billion board feet in annual lumber production after beetles and wildfires drove up log costs and tariffs cut into mills\u2019 margins. \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2020",
"Aero-grade Sitka spruce timber was used to build planes in both World War I and World War II, with the Alaska Spruce Log Program sending 38.5 million board feet of high-quality Sitka spruce to mills in Puget Sound in 1943. \u2014 Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life , 16 Jan. 2020",
"Meanwhile, agency leaders directed foresters to focus on sales that generated maximum revenues and to increase harvest levels to 245 million board feet a year, the highest sustainable level under its current policy. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Oct. 2019"
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"The publishing industry calls them board books because most have pages that are reinforced, made out of tough paper or cardboard pages, laminated to be wiped clean and survive the assault of the sandbox.",
"\u2014 Carrie Carmichael , New York Times Book Review , 11 Nov. 1984"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In this photo provided by Sam Glotzbach, the fast-rushing Yellowstone River flooded what appeared to be a small boathouse in Gardiner, Mont., on Monday, June 13, 2022, just north of Yellowstone National Park. \u2014 CBS News , 13 June 2022",
"At Yale, female rowers complain about their lack of access to post-practice showers at the boathouse . \u2014 USA Today , 13 June 2022",
"This was on a recent Monday morning, just west of a Midtown Manhattan boathouse near West 44th Street. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"An expanded boathouse and new piers will offer more opportunities for rowing, kayaking and canoeing on the Middle Branch. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 2 May 2022",
"Proceeds from the event will benefit the restoration of the boathouse . \u2014 Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 26 Sep. 2021",
"The park\u2019s boathouse , which collects launch fees and offers boat rentals, bait sales and concessions, is closed indefinitely due to lack of staff. \u2014 Katie V. Jones, Baltimore Sun , 19 May 2022",
"The play takes place in a deserted Victorian-style boathouse on the Talley property in Lebanon, Missouri, on July 4, 1944. \u2014 Randall G. Mielke, Chicago Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"His cat George survived, but six cabins, a boathouse , a collection of boats and RVs, and five docks had been incinerated. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"R\u00ebzo notes that boar bristles are great for smoothing out textured hair, while nylon bristles are great for detangling. \u2014 ELLE , 1 July 2022",
"Wild boar ragu, anyone",
"Pair with a main course of sirloin or even wild game\u2014roasted rabbit or boar . \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"Teenager Silas is caught up in a hellish dream when a boar hunt with his father and his father\u2019s friends turns into a glorification of drinking, violence and transgressive behavior. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 24 May 2022",
"As the family heads to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, their main concerns are whether father Abel\u2019s boar Blue Boy, will win a blue ribbon and if Mother Melissa will finally take home a blue ribbon for her mincemeat pie. \u2014 Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"Whether preparing nettle soup, liaising with the Police Nationale or reading boar scat, Bruno remains focused and efficient. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Apr. 2022",
"After giving Schafer\u2019s wet hair a clean center part, the pro worked Virtue 6-in-1 Styling Paste through her lengths and used a dense boar bristle brush to brush the hair down to ultra-sleek effect. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Try the regional specialty, poulet au vin jaune, or chicken cooked in yellow wine, and the boar stew. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022"
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"\u2014 Roger Williams, The News-Press (Fort Myers, Florida) , 27 July 2008"
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"He attended a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts.",
"She was sent to boarding school when she was nine.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"A year after San Pasqual Academy received notice of its imminent closure, the boarding school for foster youth is making plans to expand its programs. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Duchesne and Randlett, which also had a boarding school for a few years before students were transferred to Whiterocks. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"Jolie also visited a boarding school and spoke to students, promising to visit again, Kozytskyy said. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 2 May 2022",
"The government forced Native children to attend boarding school and subjected adults to dehumanizing re\u00ebducation projects. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The family moved to the Bronx to be with his grandparents before relocating again \u2014 when Moore was 16 and attending boarding school at the Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania \u2014 to Pasadena in Anne Arundel County. \u2014 Bryn Stole, Baltimore Sun , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The District\u2019s Toni Smiley attended boarding school in Massachusetts. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Dec. 2021",
"According to the Yale University Art Gallery, which holds nine works attributed to the Way sisters in its collections, Mary opened a boarding school for young ladies in 1809 before moving to New York City in 1811. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Most of all the Paul children attended a boarding school at some point. \u2014 USA Today , 24 Oct. 2021"
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"\u2014 Sean Pamphilon"
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": to put aboard":[
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": to provide with regular meals and often also lodging usually for compensation":[
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"\u2014 Scott DeSimon"
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"\u2014 Ellen Creager"
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"\u2026 before my plane boarded I wandered into a duty-free shop to pick up a few last-minute presents.",
"They nailed some boards over the broken window.",
"They covered the board in fabric and pinned some photographs to it.",
"the board that is used to play games like chess and checkers",
"I saw a notice on the board calling for volunteers.",
"Write the answers on the board .",
"She is on the town's planning board .",
"The parole board has decided that the prisoner is not yet ready for release.",
"Verb",
"You must have a ticket in order to board the train.",
"The pirates tried to board the ship, but we fought them off.",
"We're supposed to board at 10:15.",
"We're now boarding all passengers.",
"The flight is about to begin boarding .",
"Passengers should remain in the boarding area.",
"The caretaker boarded the window.",
"They board guests during the summer season.",
"Many students board at the college.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Trustee Joe LoVerde was the only member of the village board to vote against dropping the distancing rules regarding schools, parks, playgrounds and churches. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"That search committee had 15 members led by Nathaniel Bishop, who was then chairman of the board . \u2014 Susan Svrluga, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Joining Krantz as officers of the board beginning July 1 are Vice Presidents Peter Brosse, Barry Kallmeyer and Shelley Milin Marcus; Treasurer Marcel Duhamel; and Secretary Nancy Adams. \u2014 cleveland , 1 July 2022",
"Every two years, half of the board is up for election. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"Lam served as the chairman of the board overseeing the development of the cultural district from 2012 to 2017, when she was elected chief executive of the city. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"The third member of the board , Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, didn\u2019t comment. \u2014 Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun , 30 June 2022",
"His eldest son Akash Ambani, 30, took over as chairman of the board of directors. \u2014 Gloria Haraito, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Face-nailing through the top of the boards\u2014instead of blind-nailing at the tongue edge\u2014can help prevent cupping of the board in the center, keeping the floor flat and even. \u2014 Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics , 29 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Boychenko\u2019s office wrote on Telegram that more than 200 people had planned to board buses outside a city shopping center, to evacuate to the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Elsewhere in Dnipro, dozens of people waited to board buses to Bulgaria. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Riders will need to board shuttle buses during service hours from the Gateway Transit Center to access the airport. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Evacuees who fled Afghanistan walk through the terminal to board buses that will take them to a processing center, Dulles International Airport on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News , 29 Jan. 2022",
"For years, Greyhound contended it was legally required to allow Border Patrol agents to board its buses. \u2014 Time , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Faculty and staff were scheduled to board buses next week from Arlington schools to AT&T Stadium for the two-and-a-half hour event, described as a pep rally, according to the newspaper\u2019s report. \u2014 Sarah Bahari, Dallas News , 5 Aug. 2021",
"At a station across the street from the shelter, several families prepared to board buses. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 6 May 2021",
"People waited in long lines to board buses Thursday. \u2014 E. Eduardo Castillo And Maria Verza, Star Tribune , 6 May 2021"
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"The directors are meeting in the boardroom .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Margaret Rudkin was a force of nature on the farm, in the bakery and in the boardroom . \u2014 Fox News , 24 June 2022",
"LCDA's BoardReady Institute brings a comprehensive approach to preparing and positioning Latinos for the boardroom . \u2014 Isaac Mizrahi, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Other than President Joe Biden and the media industry, no entity at last month's Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando was treated as a greater threat to America than the corporate boardroom . \u2014 Steve Contorno, CNN , 20 Mar. 2022",
"In the corporate boardroom , the halls of Congress, the sidelines of an NFL game, and even the Supreme Court, everyone seems to agree that there\u2019s room for improvement. \u2014 Anat Alon-beck, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The targets of our reporting have ranged from the outlawing of the all white-male corporate boardroom to complex carbon trading schemes to the state\u2019s ambitious effort to realize Ronald Reagan\u2019s vision for a return-free tax system. \u2014 Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
"So going from the field to the boardroom , the playbook is different. \u2014 Rob Maaddi, ajc , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Designs reimagine classics into contemporary staples that can take wearers from bedroom to boardroom . \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 5 July 2021",
"My leadership experience includes the classroom, the library, and the boardroom . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 17 Mar. 2022"
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"The city feels like Havana without the old Buicks, the signs evoking a prewar era of boat trains and Brylcreem, when superstitious carriage drivers shifted position in their seats after dark to keep the devil from sitting next to them. \u2014 Rick Jordan, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 21 May 2020"
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"Mackerel, salmon and cod liver oil boast some of the highest levels of omega-3. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"While those rates are encouraging on their own with regards to this pick, some of the situations that Brown falls into for tonight\u2019s game boast even loftier returns. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Homes around Salt Lake boast lush, forest-green lawns, despite the drought. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"The FireCuda drives each boast a 2TB storage capacity, USB 3.2 Gen 1 connectivity for zippy file transfers, and can be used to save games and data on PC, Mac, PlayStation and Xbox. \u2014 Mitch Wallace, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"Most fans have at least three speed settings, though some boast 12 or more. \u2014 Theresa Holland, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
"Gardens boast banana, papaya, tamarind and mango trees. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"Not only do nearly all of the above boast a larger population which in turn provides a larger candidate pool, but other nearby cities that currently appoint their law directors include Independence, Brecksville, North Royalton and Broadview Heights. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 16 May 2022",
"The Aztecs boast the stingiest scoring defense in the tournament field at 57.7 a game. \u2014 Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But the Boilermakers still boast 7-4 Zach Edey and will be looking for breakout seasons from players like Mason Gillis, Caleb Furst and Ethan Morton. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
"Both sizes boast a range of up to 35 feet, are easy to refill, and are durable enough to survive an entire summer of fun. \u2014 Zachary Mack, Popular Mechanics , 30 June 2022",
"Different wheel cleaners boast varying levels of dirt-busting strength. \u2014 Duncan Brady, Car and Driver , 28 June 2022",
"Winners of 29 straight \u2014 the longest streak in WFA history \u2014 the Renegades boast the league\u2019s top scoring offense (53.3 points per game) and limit opponents to 14.2 points per game, second-best in the WFA. \u2014 Greg Levinsky, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"Even smaller rivals boast much more search traffic than Brave. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
"The burgeoning sisters boast performances at Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas, Lightning In A Bottle and the Instagram Met Gala Afterparty. \u2014 Lisa Kocay, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The Celtics boast the league\u2019s most efficient defense, one that allows the NBA\u2019s fewest points per game and lowest opposing field goal percentage. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
"Fleet Foxes already boast numerous Billboard chart achievements, dating to the group\u2019s first appearance in 2008, but the folk-rock group\u2019s members can now officially call themselves Billboard Hot 100 hitmakers. \u2014 Xander Zellner, Billboard , 13 June 2022"
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"\u2014 Courier Mail (Australia) , 11 Jan. 2012",
"It is also likely that lives would have been lost as boaties tried to steer pleasure craft through the treacherous breach entrance.",
"\u2014 Warren Judd , New Zealand Geographic , July/August 2003"
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"Rescue crews are scouring Trinity Bay on Tuesday morning for an 88-year-old boater who was reported missing after a fishing expedition. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The most critical safety item for a boater is a good personal floatation device, like the Hustler from Kokotat. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 30 Mar. 2021",
"Two other family members, who presumably entered water to try to save boy, were rescued by a boater . \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 11 June 2022",
"Two other family members, who presumably entered water to try to save boy, were rescued by a boater . \u2014 CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"In the state\u2019s waterways, a body was recovered from the Connecticut River in Wethersfield on Monday, and crews on Tuesday continued to search for a missing boater in Candlewood Lake. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 31 May 2022",
"The body of a Cullman boater who drowned in Smith Lake on Memorial Day has been recovered, authorities said Friday. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 3 June 2022",
"Another boater nearby was able to pull the man out of the water and attempt CPR. \u2014 Susan Svrluga, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Januik, an avid boater and wind surfer, does not believe that most Haitian vessels can make it to the Florida Keys without capsizing. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022"
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"the town's old-fashioned beachfront boardwalk has been a tourist attraction since the 1920s",
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"The boardwalk provides a classic amusement park experience with rides and midway games. \u2014 Gabi De La Rosa, Chron , 8 June 2022",
"On a chilly spring morning, with a smattering of rain, the beach cabanas were shuttered and the boardwalk \u2019s corn shacks closed as Suhail al-Asaad began his daily workout. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
"The partygoers then and throughout the summer share the boardwalk with families, empty-nesters and retirees. \u2014 Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"In December, it was spotted at Naval Base Point Loma, on the Mission Beach boardwalk , and near a deli adjacent to nearby Mission Bay, home of SeaWorld, the park said. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Feb. 2022",
"The industry expanded rapidly, growing to a dozen properties, nearly all along the city\u2019s world-famous boardwalk , and recording year-over-year gains for nearly 30 years. \u2014 Alison Burdo, ProPublica , 2 June 2022",
"When the woman approached the bison at the Black Sand Basin boardwalk , west of the Old Faithful geyser, the animal charged her. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News , 1 June 2022",
"When the woman approached the bison at the Black Sand Basin boardwalk , west of the Old Faithful geyser, the animal charged her. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"Now, a new 1,300-foot boardwalk through the Grove of Titans will give visitors a chance to see the old-growth redwoods, many reaching 300 feet tall, without threatening the forest\u2019s fragile ecosystem. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022"
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"\u2014 Jane Gross",
"\u2026 journalists who are only too willing to take at face value the boastful pronouncements of the company's publicity department.",
"\u2014 Jeffrey Young",
"At the highest levels, the administration's response to the crisis has been sluggish, characterized by boastful rhetoric but stagnant funding.",
"\u2014 The Washington Post"
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"type":[
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": a boat or ship with sleeping accommodations that is used as a hotel":[
"Want a vacation from the helm but not keen on chain hotels? Relax aboard these floating boatels .",
"\u2014 Mary Kate Hogan , Boating , February 1998",
"A 50-foot houseboat, the boatel is meant for weekend groups but is available by the night in the off-season \u2026",
"\u2014 John Morthland , Travel & Leisure , March 1997"
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"Between booking local gigs, my uncles shined shoes on Central Avenue while Dad collected rent for the owner of a boardinghouse that catered to fellow performers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 June 2022",
"The property had previously been used as a makeshift boardinghouse . \u2014 Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
"Fruits, flowers and sweets filled her rooms\u2014first at Mystic Flats, just off Broadway, and then at a smaller boardinghouse on the Upper West Side. \u2014 April White, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
"The story primarily follows Sunja, the only child of a boardinghouse owner, over the course of the 20th century. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The sprawling eight-episode series, which encompasses 70 years, three languages and multiple cultures, largely revolves around Sunja, the daughter of humble Korean boardinghouse owners. \u2014 NBC News , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The sound of gunfire outside their cheap boardinghouse makes their children cry. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The party is elsewhere in the boardinghouse where our heroine, Esther, a shy, plain woman of 35, sits in her room sewing corsets and camisoles for socialites and streetwalkers. \u2014 Jesse Green, New York Times , 31 Jan. 2022",
"And Ogden, having lost a fortune in the Chicago fire, lost everything else in Peshtigo: his sawmill, factory, boardinghouse , railroad. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 29 Sep. 2021"
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"And for the fashion set, there\u2019s model Bianca Balti in a white bikini, bobbing in a boat near the arched Faraglioni rock formations in Dolce & Gabbana\u2019s memorable commercials for the fragrance light blue. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
"The Bank of Japan may find itself in a similar boat . \u2014 John Kicklighter, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
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"The development came a day after police reported finding traces of blood in the boat of a fisherman who is under arrest as the only suspect in the disappearance. \u2014 Fabiano Maisonnave, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"Police have also reported finding traces of blood in the boat of a fisherman who is under arrest as the only suspect in the disappearance. \u2014 Fabiano Maisonnave, ajc , 13 June 2022",
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"The men had left Pilot Station 12 days ago to boat down to the coast to hunt seal and beluga whale. \u2014 Anna Rose Macarthur, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Visitors to the region can hire local indigenous guides to boat them around the lake and through the river networks, pointing out wildlife and explaining the historical importance of the site. \u2014 Lucy Sherriff, CNN , 13 Aug. 2021",
"But don\u2019t wait for the chance to boat a daily bag limit of five of the feisty trout. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 12 Aug. 2021",
"The easiest and most important things for people to remember is to boat sober and wear their life jacket, said Lt. Darren Kuhn, DNR boating law administrator. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 July 2021",
"Texas guide Dawson Hefner specializes in alligator gar fishing and had volunteered to ferry the two anglers onto the Trinity River in a final attempt to boat the elusive fish. \u2014 Star Tribune , 3 July 2021",
"The scam impersonates Alabama Power, warning people who intend to boat or swim in Lewis Smith Lake to stay out of the water due to a significant increase in the amount of flesh-eating bacteria found in the lake. \u2014 al , 29 June 2021"
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"The use of epoxy laminated iroko (African teak) forms an integral part of boatbuilder Dream Ship Victory\u2019s vision to successfully bring laminated wood into modern shipbuilding. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 22 Oct. 2021",
"The limited-edition watercraft is a civilian version of the French boatbuilder \u2019s Iguana Pro, designed to spirit special forces on to beaches or up launch ramps. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 3 Aug. 2021",
"Schofield grew up on Mersea Island on England\u2019s eastern coast, the son of a boatbuilder . \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2021",
"The Navier N27 is the creation of two MIT engineers, Sampriti Bhattacharyya, CEO, and longtime boatbuilder Reo Baird, the chief technology officer. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 26 Mar. 2021",
"Christened the Meyers Manx, the vehicle was the invention of Bruce Meyers, a surfer and boatbuilder who melded old Volkswagen Beetle parts with a curving fiberglass body. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Bo had grown up in segregated North Carolina, and had moved to the waterfront fifty years earlier, when many black working-class boatbuilders still lived in the area. \u2014 Joe Kloc, Harper's magazine , 10 June 2019",
"Carloforte was once famed for the skill of its boatbuilders , but the industry has declined drastically in recent years. \u2014 Kyre Chenven, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 12 Oct. 2018",
"Many boatbuilders left California because of the state's strict environmental laws, which made modern manufacturing more difficult than in the post-war era. \u2014 Bradley Zint, latimes.com , 4 May 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s been my position, until P. Johnson introduced its own boat shoe this past fall. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 8 June 2022",
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"Another versatile travel sneaker option, the Crest Vibes shoe reimagines Sperry's classic boat shoe profile into an elevated canvas silhouette. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The first Vans sneaker adopted by skateboarders was a canvas boat shoe , now called the Authentic. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2021",
"Nautica takes boat shoe swag and kicks it up a notch. \u2014 Courtney Campbell, USA TODAY , 23 June 2020",
"Of all the successes among heritage brands, few have exceeded that of the traditional boat shoe with white soles incised in a pattern of chevron grooves. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Feb. 2020",
"No better way to support America's past time by sporting these comfy and stylish boat shoes for a typical lounge day. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 17 Dec. 2019",
"At the event, Baldwin wore a white short off-the-shoulder dress accessorized with a white ribbon in her hair and white ribbon heels while Bieber kept it classy in a white polo tucked into black slacks paired with boat shoes . \u2014 Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com , 30 Sep. 2019"
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"In May 2021, Hannah Crisostomo, an aviation boatswain \u2019s mate handler on the George Washington, attempted suicide on the heels of her first anniversary with the Navy. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 19 May 2022",
"That spring, Crisostomo, an aviation boatswain \u2019s mate handler on the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, had been moved to night-shift repair duties. \u2014 Melissa Chan, NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Reno Chen was designated purser and Benny Hsu was to be the boatswain in charge of maintenance. \u2014 Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN , 23 Aug. 2021",
"One went so far as to swing a grapple at a boatswain 's head. \u2014 Elliot Ackerman, Wired , 26 Jan. 2021",
"In addition, the ship\u2019s crew included a female third mate, boatswain , and two able-bodied crewmembers. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Sep. 2020",
"Anthony Gillilan, the boatswain \u2019s mate of the watch, was in charge of both sailors. \u2014 T. Christian Miller, ProPublica , 20 Dec. 2019",
"Few personal details have been revealed about the two North Koreans, except that one was the boatswain and the other a deck hand. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Dec. 2019",
"He was trained as a boatswain \u2019s mate and served aboard an LST in Africa and the Mediterranean. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com , 12 Dec. 2019"
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"The burgeoning Turkish shipbuilder, which began in 2008 as a design studio before opening a boatyard in Antalya two years later, has just unveiled a new concept inspired by the aerodynamics of the world\u2019s fastest cars. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 24 May 2022",
"The boatyard \u2014 which sits on nearly 30 acres and has 20 buildings on site\u2014 is a one-stop shop for repairs, seasonal outfitting, storage, boat building and more. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 12 Mar. 2022",
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"According to Childs, with the estate rebuilt\u2014though the Bali House stills needs work, and Xanadu is still in a Florida boatyard for repairs\u2014the Wildensteins have decided now is a good time to sell and let another family enjoy the home. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 15 Feb. 2022",
"At the opposite end of the boatyard , another giant, the Sea Rhapsody, was getting a final checkup before being put back into the water. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Meanwhile, Meg continues to press Don for details on Brandon's late-night boatyard activities. \u2014 Matt Cabral, EW.com , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Firefighters from multiple agencies work to extinguish at least two yachts on fire in the boatyard behind Hinckley Yacht Services in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Having been rescued by Meg at the boatyard \u2014 where very bad things are clearly happening \u2014 Harry's healing up at her house. \u2014 Matt Cabral, EW.com , 25 Nov. 2021"
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"Vice Media shot an episode for its food channel about Hop Woo\u2019s seven courses of boa constrictor , which included everything from the snake\u2019s skin to the gallbladder bile. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"At the Zoo, Scott found himself in the trunk of an elephant and wrapped up in a boa constrictor . \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Watching a boa constrictor capture and consume its prey is quite something. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 24 Mar. 2022",
"But the boa constrictor \u2014and its breath\u2014finds a way through. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 24 Mar. 2022",
"When coiled around a lizard or throttling a bird, a boa constrictor doesn't actually suffocate its prey. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The different rib regions a boa constrictor uses to breathe while resting, constricting prey, and digesting a meal. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Alice Cooper\u2019s stage spectacles of the 1970s enchanted and provoked, creasing jowls across Middle America with mock beheadings, riding whips and a live boa constrictor . \u2014 Nathan Rizzo | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Their logic seems otherworldly: A man stands in a corner with a giant white-and-yellow boa constrictor around his neck as people flock around the snake. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Feb. 2022"
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"\u2014 see mu\u1e25ammad xi":[]
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"The calls come in for snakes of all varieties, including nonvenomous gopher, garter, king, racer, rosy boa and rat snakes. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The introduction of non-native species of rabbits and goats to the island destroyed vegetation and upset the boa \u2019s habitat, leading to its eventual extinction. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Celeb stylist Karla Welch also put Ross in a pair of bright yellow Louboutin pumps, which matched the neon yellow and dusty blue boa trim that trailed the length of the dress's long sleeves and chest. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Bardem, 46, rocked a blue feather boa and glittery blue cowboy hat while dancing and play-flirting with Bono. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 27 Mar. 2022",
"On this perfect spring day, fingers of feather boa and giant bladder kelp swayed beneath my kayak. \u2014 Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert, Outside Online , 23 June 2021",
"Then the boa unhinges its jaw and swallows the prey whole. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Insulation hung off two walls like a pink feather boa . \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The rapper wore an all-black outfit, including straight-leg trousers, boots, gloves, and a zip-up jacket with a black boa trim framing the hood. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 Jan. 2022"
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