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Sentence count:154+10Posted:2017-03-08Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: batchdealflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplotmassmessmicklemintmucklepeckpileplentypotquite a littlesightslewspatestacktidy sumwadwhole lotwhole slewSimilar words: graftdraftcraftcraftyredraftwarcraftaircraftcraftsmanMeaning: [ræft /rɑːft]  n. 1. a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers 2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent. v. 1. transport on a raft 2. travel by raft in water 3. make into a raft. 
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121, And a raft of prospective third-party saviors offered no hope.
122, Loi and I were watching the ghostly blue shapes of dorados swimming under the raft on the night of 25 August.
123, Education is the life raft he offers workers buffeted by the choppy currents of the global economy.
124, Then it struck the raft amidships and disappeared from view for a moment.
125, As they prepared to leave, I could see that they felt they had to justify their mass excursion to the raft.
126, The raft, predictably enough, was several hundred feet downstream in no position for any sort of rescue.
127, Then the local union official delivered the shattering reply: no, our raft could not be brought into the little port.
128, His 60-foot bamboo raft will have a crew of five or six people.
129, Empty dories scuffled around the raft with their oars crossed.
130, Dorothy sat down in the middle of the raft and held Toto in her arms.
131, They swam within a few inches of the raft or darted into the cracks between the bamboos.
132, Again I dared not pull too hard for fear of unravelling the raft.
133, For the next three days the raft lay in a dense, clammy shroud.
134, In other references dhamma is the raft on which men may cross the ocean of existence to the farther shore of Nirvana.
135, The raft looked tiny, vulnerable, but in an odd way, very seaworthy.
136, It would only test whether the bamboo raft could have been a vehicle for such contact.
137, After a few days on shore I had forgotten just how flexible was our bamboo raft.
138, The raft was sure to be a very wet place to live.
139, He could go ashore to go to the lavatory, but had to return immediately to the raft.
140, Third, Hsu Fu was a very different sort of raft.
141, All I could do was frantically reach for my safety whistle and blow like crazy to alert the raft crew.
142, As the lifeboat reached his perch, it struck the raft, and a cry of exultation rose from the spectators.
143, Putting together some of the best minds of the times unleashed a whole raft of new work.
144, The men who had put such skill and effort into building Hsu Fu were not going to let the raft be destroyed.
145, The raft was defective and settlement occurred causing serious cracks to appear in the houses.
146, Raft repeatedly hurled verbal abuse at his co-star.
147, a whole raft of new proposals.
148, Now the raft was passing before the distant town.
149, The raft bobbed along more quietly.
150, survivors clinging to a raft.
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