Example Sentences

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Dr. Marvin Moy was boating about 25 miles south of Fire Island after midnight on Oct.

From Washington Times • Oct. 31, 2022

In October, a group of friends was boating near Fort Lauderdale when they discovered a white dog swimming in the ocean.

From Fox News • Feb. 16, 2022

Last month, while everyone else was boating, hiking and generally off enjoying the glories of our Pacific Northwest summer, you were pruning the crabapple hedge.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2018

Natalie Wood, the 43-year-old star of "West Side Story," who couldn't swim, was boating off Catalina Island during Thanksgiving weekend 1981 with Wagner, actor Christopher Walken and others when she somehow went overboard and drowned.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2018

“They’ve arrested Terwilliger, and I’ve just had warning that my turn may come next, unless I can prove that I was boating that night, and I can’t.”

From Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)