U-boats

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German submarines during World War I and World War II. U-boat is a translation of the German U-boot, which is short for Unterseeboot, or “undersea boat.”

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notes for U-boats

Lusitania was sunk by a U-boat. Eventually, U-boat attacks on neutral ships drew the United States into the war.

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How to use U-boats in a sentence

Director Yoo Dong-hun and screenwriter Lee Jung-u were arrested for firebombing theaters.
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They get $8 million to dredge the channel for pleasure boats to sail to Catalina Island.
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Following this supposed U-turn on his political beliefs, Darakhshan went back to Iran in October 2008.
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“But I think it was the harbors and the boats and the scenery which first captured his imagination,” she added.
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But for adolescent inmates, says U. S. Attorney Preet Bharara, “Rikers Island is broken.”
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Dick was at the wharf, one day last week, when one of the up river boats arrived.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
The little crowd and the boats on the beach were right under them and no one paid any attention or seemed to be in a hurry.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
U was an Usurer, a miserable elf; V was a Vintner, who drank all himself.
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But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The kites soared, and the boats rushed swiftly over the calm and glittering sea.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne

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