Sentence examples for boat strike from inspiring English sources
There was no obvious cause of death, no sign of entanglement in fishing gear or injuries from a boat strike.
The substance will be analyzed to see if it is oil, but one theory is that the animal could have been disoriented by oil exposure, which can have a narcotic effect, rendering it incapable of avoiding a boat strike.
"When animals reach a point of extreme nutritional stress," Dr. Tinker said, "they will succumb to whatever particular stressor they encounter first" — whether a parasite or toxin, a boat strike or a shark attack that a well-fed otter might otherwise fend off or evade.
"It may well be consistent with a boat strike but we can't say for sure without having examined it and we can't say it wasn't done post mortem," said Mr Deaville, after viewing photographs.
Some bear obvious signs of trauma — typically a lethal boat strike — while others are killed by encounters with fishing gear, chilly water temperatures, disease or pollutants.
The boat struck Andy's wife, crushing vertebrae.
As the captain hurried back to the starboard wing, the boat struck Pier 11.
PlayStation's race ended a week ago after the boat struck an unidentified object and lost its daggerboard.
"The boat struck Andy's wife decisively and crushed a plurality of vertebrae".
The agency also did not address reports that the boat struck a buoy shortly before reaching the pier.
In 2009, a boat struck him when he came out of the water for some fresh air near Padre Island.
