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airboat

noun

Definition of airboat

as in hovercraft

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Recent Examples of airboat Everglades Swamp Tours offers an airboat excursion at one of the most biodiverse regions in the country. — Tracey Teo, AJC.com, 23 July 2026 Emergency officials said the vessel — a Sever-750 airboat designed to travel across both ice and water — capsized just offshore with 18 people aboard. — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026 Follow a swamp airboat swerving along a Louisiana bayou. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 May 2026 The video shows the men aboard an airboat firing at the alligator more than a dozen times. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for airboat

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Noun

An array of pillars, permanent marks, the imposing Napoleonic-era Spitbank Fort, as well as the comings-and-goings of ferries and even the hovercraft going back and forth between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026
The hovercraft tragedy underscores the rapidly changing weather conditions, dangerous waves and strong winds associated with Lake Baikal, reports indicated.

— Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026

Definition of hovercraft

Noun

The concierge can also organize hydroplane trips across Lake Como, a private dinner behind closed doors beneath Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, and a day of personal shopping in Italy’s fashion capital.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Steer clear of puddles - Driving into puddles or low areas of rainwater can cause vehicles to hydroplane or skid out of control.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

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One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
And since each ship carried three to five whaleboats, the amount of rope needed just to conduct whaling operations on one whaleship was as much as ten thousand feet.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025

Definition of whaleboat

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