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- noun   Common misspelling of buoy .
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Examples
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								You can attend a CG bouy tender skimming demonstration 
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								And that the young couple was there to bouy my spirits a bit afterwards. 
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								It would seem like an ideal location to deploy such a system, as the Linear bouy generator described here. 
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								I think that was just a way to say, ‘get rid of Murphy’ and to bouy up some of his business. 
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								Some of us latch onto a bouy in the ocean, and hang onto it so as not to drown. Publishing Without Comfort; Thoughts on Editorial Policy 2007 
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								I checked the data bouy closest to Humberto very close by the way and the max winds had been in the 20 to 22 knot range. 
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								I do both ocean and bouy, although I now live in Bozeman, Montana, where large bodies of water and fleets of boats are scarce. 
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								If readjustments were made based on land, sea, bouy or air recon info, then it is warranted; otherwise, the person is guessing. 
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								I am trying to understand how to access historical data beginning Jan 1, 2007 thru Dec 31, 2008 on wave heights on a day by day basis for the NOAA bouy located near Corpus Christi, Tx. 
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								The submerged bouy system eliminates the need for liquid natural gas ships to enter American ports or facilities near major population centres. Archive 2006-04-01 Ed Hollett 2006 
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