Examples of 'boatlift' in a sentence

Meaning of "boatlift"

boatlift (noun) - a large-scale evacuation or rescue operation by boats, typically in response to a natural disaster or political conflict
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  • The (often clandestine) transportation of a large number of people or amount of goods by boat, especially an exodus of people.
  • A mechanism for lifting boats from the water, or between water on different elevations.
  • To transport (a large exodus of people, etc.) by boat.

How to use "boatlift" in a sentence

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Disposed within the tunnel is a boatlift assembly.
Form boatlift and parking.
I heard they closed the boatlift.
A boatlift is a device used to lift a boat clear of the water.
We were waiting for my husband on the boatlift.
So the Freedom boatlift is ending in controversy.
Aquatic vegetation removal only crib dock boatlift pile dock raft.
The Mariel boatlift from Cuba begins.
His family found refuge here during the Mariel boatlift.
This time there is no boatlift as during the Mariel Crisis.
There are a lot of criminals who came over in the Mariel boatlift.
The Boatlift is the third studio album by Miami rapper Pitbull.
Cuban refugees arriving in crowded boats during the Mariel boatlift crisis.
As the scale of the boatlift grew, the Coast Guard asked for help.
And then came the Mariel boatlift.

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The Mariel boatlift was ended by mutual agreement between the two governments in late October 1980.
Cuban refugees arrive in America during the Mariel boatlift.
Was not that Mariel Boatlift a bitch?
The government owes a public apology to the honest Cubans who emigrated in the Mariel Boatlift.
The Mariel Boatlift from Cuba increased Miami 's labor pool by about 7 percent.
Key West was flooded with refugees during the Mariel Boatlift.
Boatlift - garden - Pets Allowed - Gulf access canal - Channel.
This is what 's called a peaceful Mariel boatlift.
Many refugees from the 1980 Mariel boatlift arrived via the Truman Annex.
Many thought it was another exodus approved by the authorities, like the Mariel boatlift.
In 1990, David Card investigated the effects of the boatlift on the Miami labour market.
Cuban gays were expelled or took the opportunity to leave Cuba during the 1980 Mariel boatlift.
There is also a small ship maintenance facility with a boatlift rated at 225 tonnes.
Thanks to Jimmy Carter, when he eventually opened the Mariel boatlift.
Cuban refugees on a boat arriving in Florida as part of the Mariel Boatlift around 1980.
Again in 1980 it served as a refugee camp following the Mariel Boatlift.
Despite the peace, there is been bad blood between them ever since the Mariel boatlift in 1980.
More than half of all the island-born Cubans here arrived after the Mariel Boatlift in 1980.
With his mother, Cancio emigrated to the United States on the Mariel boatlift in 1980.
The Anthem " is the second single released by Pitbull off his 2007 album The Boatlift.

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