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Recent Examples of airboat
Once travelers get to New Orleans, they’ll be greeted with plenty of amazing places to stay, incredible food, and fun things to do from riding a streetcar to a swamp airboat tour, taking a ghost tour and more ahead of the big game.
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Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2025
Del Rey and Jeremy Dufrene, a captain of an airboat tour company, were filmed holding hands at the Reading Festival in England.
—Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
Del Rey, 39, and Jeremy Dufrene, a captain of an airboat tour company, reportedly tied the knot during a backyard ceremony in Louisiana on Sept. 26, according to Page Six.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2024
This happened when the airboat's driver took a sharp turn to try to see an alligator in the water, according to multiple reports.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
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Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2025
Del Rey and Jeremy Dufrene, a captain of an airboat tour company, were filmed holding hands at the Reading Festival in England.
—Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
Del Rey, 39, and Jeremy Dufrene, a captain of an airboat tour company, reportedly tied the knot during a backyard ceremony in Louisiana on Sept. 26, according to Page Six.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2024
This happened when the airboat's driver took a sharp turn to try to see an alligator in the water, according to multiple reports.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airboat
Noun
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This kart racing game took some big swings, with the ability to drive a car, hovercraft, or airplane, a story mode, and some fantastic multiplayer modes.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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The group also deployed a hovercraft to Nashville and a K-9 search unit is en route.—
Tyler Palmateer,
The Tennessean,
20 Mar. 2024
Noun
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Steer clear of puddles - Driving into puddles or low areas of rainwater can cause vehicles to hydroplane or skid out of control.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Mar. 2025
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Steer clear of puddles - Driving into puddles or low areas of rainwater can cause vehicles to hydroplane or skid out of control. Don't tail large vehicles closely - Trucks or buses can kick up a water spray that obstructs visibility.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Mar. 2025
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In Robert Brill’s set, the stage is shaped like a half-pipe with rungs, so that cast members scramble, pitch, tumble, and row flimsy whaleboats over massive waves.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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On July 20, 1775, Major Joseph Vose and sixty Continental soldiers landed on Little Brewster in nimble whaleboats.—
Dorothy Wickenden,
The New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2023
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“Airboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airboat. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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