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Recent Examples of airboat
The list of activities continues with archery, horseback and pony riding, swamp buggy airboat rides, a pontoon cruise, a petting farm, and trap and skeet shooting.
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Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
According to his bio, Dufrene previously worked at a chemical plant but found his true calling as an airboat captain.
—Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
The singer and the airboat captain for alligator tours initially married on September 26 in Des Allemands, Louisiana, near the bayou where Dufrene offers tours.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
With help from local firefighters, every single one of them (plus their pets!) were transported to drier land via rafts, airboats, and amphibious vehicles.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2024
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Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
According to his bio, Dufrene previously worked at a chemical plant but found his true calling as an airboat captain.
—Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
The singer and the airboat captain for alligator tours initially married on September 26 in Des Allemands, Louisiana, near the bayou where Dufrene offers tours.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
With help from local firefighters, every single one of them (plus their pets!) were transported to drier land via rafts, airboats, and amphibious vehicles.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airboat
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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
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In addition, the shot clock, now the size of a small hovercraft placed on Curry’s back, was ticking down toward zero.David Aldridge, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
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Rain may cause tires to hydroplane at certain speeds, which means the vehicle is literally driving on water.Mark DeBruyckere, The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2024
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Advertisement While being inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame last month, Johnson was offered a chance to drive Muncey’s famed Atlas Van Lines unlimited hydroplane by the National Unlimited Hydroplane and Racing Boat Hall of Fame and the Muncey family.Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
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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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When a prime specimen was chosen, the men set off in a whaleboat rowed by a crew.Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Nov. 2022
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“Airboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airboat. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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