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  • noun Plural form of capsizing.

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Examples

  • Considering, therefore, that squalls and capsizings in the water and consequent bivouacks on the deep, were matters of common occurrence in this kind of life; considering that at the superlatively critical instant of going on to the whale

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • There were accidents, a wreck, and several capsizings.

    Explorers Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1980

  • The picnic raged on, with prodigious eatings and drinkings, with capsizings of teapots in full sail, with disastrous slaughterings of insects (disastrous to plates and tablecloths rather than to the insects) with facetious doings with heated tea-spoons and pellets of bread, with, in short, all that Mrs. Mangan and her fellow hostesses expected of a truly prosperous picnic.

    Mount Music Martin Ross 1888

  • Coast Guard's figures, there were 398 capsizings resulting in 204 deaths and 284 injuries.

    marconews.com Stories 2010

  • Two boat capsizings in one weekend on Congo's vast rivers left 70 people dead and 200 others feared dead in unrelated accidents that were both characterized by heavily loaded boats operated with few safety measures, officials said Sunday.

    Arkansas Online stories PATRICE CITERA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2010

  • KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Two separate boat capsizings in Congo have left 70 people dead and another 200 feared dead.

    News Channel 9: Local News 2010

  • Murray said the safety issues in both incidents are the same as those in other fatal capsizings in recent years.

    Brandon Sun Online - Top Stories 2009

  • The federal agency released results from investigations into a pair of capsizings in 2007 that claimed the lives of two men in New Brunswick and Newfoundland, and were caused largely by recurring problems.

    unknown title 2009

  • There were 53 capsizings in the last decade, with 17 of those occuring in the Maritimes, according to the TSB.

    unknown title 2009

  • Murray said the safety issues in both incidents are the same as those in other fatal capsizings in recent years.

    CTV News RSS Feed 2009

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