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How to use the word u-boats in a Sentence?

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People flee because they have to get away from these very difficult situations at home, why are they taking these risks and getting into the boats? Because there are no safe and legal routes – they have no choice.

Jenny Phillimore

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Whether you're using fishing boats or civilian drones, it doesn't look as though this is official policy. It doesn't look like direct military harassment in the way that the incursion of a warplane does. And so it's a deniable provocation.

Isabel Hilton

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Tunisia today is going through political, economic and social crises, the Covid pandemic also resulted in even more poverty and marginalization and... pushed thousands to take the boats of death.

Ramadan Bin Omar

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The People's Armed Forces Maritime Militia don't fish, they have automatic weapons aboard and reinforced hulls, making them very dangerous at close range. Also, they have a top speed of around 18-22 knots, making them faster than 90 % of the world's fishing boats.

Carl Schuster

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We travel in precarious boats, without equipment such as a radio or satellite phones.

One FUNAI worker on strike

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I was sleeping in my cabin when they came to alert us. I grabbed my ID and headed for the deck where people were being assembled. It must have been about 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. And we were put onto boats.

Giorgos Parlantzas

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Normally, boats will lean to one side when you're hauling back, and this boat just kept leaning, the next thing I know, the rail -- which is about 5 or 6 feet from the water -- was touching the water.

Joe Roderick

Found on CNN
2 years ago

So, all of these other companies that are out there that are an alternative to Big Tech, we believe we help them all, a rising tide lifts all the boats that are fighting against these tech tyrants.

Devin Nunes

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This was an entirely foreseeable tragedy that sooner or later one of these boats would capsize and people would die, people are safe in France, and the best way to keep people safe is to keep them on shore, not in the hands of people smugglers in the middle of the Channel.

Natalie Elphike

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The new transportation system is multi-modal, autonomous and electric. People utilize a variety of vehicles including cars, bicycles, passenger drones, hoverboards, airplanes, boats, rockets and more. And with ease, efficiency and comfort. At Mayflower-Plymouth, we’re making that real.

Hendrith Smith

added by Sizzlaluvva35
2 years ago

I hope the Asian food isn't coming... isn't on one of those boats from Long Beach Harbor.

Kenosha County Circuit Court

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It’s the one event I look forward to every year, i look forward to meeting new people, new boats, maybe learning new … techniques, being around patriots and just having a great time on the water.

Jack Graham

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They say a rising tide lifts all boats. And I think the opening of this school has put a spring in the step of all of our Catholic educators.

William E. Lori

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We helped the evacuation of 1,140 people by 12 boats, we did evacuation by boats yesterday as well, but I have never witnessed something similar before in this region. This is the first time.

Orhan Dinc

Found on CNN
2 years ago

My days are consumed by what happened in the hours between Bane finding Sarm missing and Bane calling the Coast Guard, why didn’t he shout for help or sound an alarm to notify the two other boats moored close by that Sarm was missing? …No one but Bane can explain why he didn’t call the Coast Guard until eight hours after speaking to the police on land.

Sarm Heslop

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When we got out there. I started by throwing a little bait – a wild animal would typically be in flight mode but these guys were totally tame. They started eating the bait within a foot of me. The boats got a little too close so they got spooked. I quickly netted the male. When I realized they were going to swim I put him in a carrier on the shore and I carried the female. We were able to reunite them, these guys aren’t equipped for the wild at all.

Di Leonardo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We could see how the available material wasn't adapted to the situations that we saw. I'm thinking notably about helicopters that weren't able to work in the area, the boat rescues were absolutely essential and we had to call upon the private sector for boats with sufficient motor power and people to pilot them.

Daniel Bacquelaine

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Contributing factors included lack of training, the material condition of the AAVs assigned to 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, lack of safety boats in the water, a higher-than-anticipated sea state, and insufficient buoyancy provided by personal flotation devices at depth.

Marine Corps

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Sometimes they're sleeping in the car, sometimes they're sleeping in the boats, sometimes they're sleeping under the awnings.

Alcide Dominique

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Otherwise, it will be two boats plummeting to the bottom.That is my experience.

John Travolta

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The Maritime Militia don't fish, the People have automatic weapons aboard and reinforced hulls, making The People very dangerous at close range. Also, The People have a top speed of around 18-22 knots, making The People faster than 90 % of the world's fishing boats.

Carl Schuster

Found on CNN
3 years ago

People were frightened by the scene, they were speculating about the purpose of the mainland boats and whether they would pose a security threat to the Matsu region.

Lin Chie-ming

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

These are incredible boats... the highest praise for the AM team for overcoming what we did to get the boat back on the water. It would have been easy to stop.

Terry Hutchinson

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Two boats, fishing gear, catch and diesel supply were also seized.

Muhammad Suffi

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

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