houseboat

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Recent Examples of houseboat Their balconies tower over houseboats, new parks and construction sites. Rick Noack, Washington Post, 25 July 2024 The remaining 16 patients were treated and released at the houseboat, the park service said. Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2024 At least 21 people were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning in a Lake Powell houseboat early Wednesday morning in Coconino County. Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2024 The city cracked down on houseboats and apartments with questionable plumbing, which were dumping sewage straight into The Seine. Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 17 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for houseboat 
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Noun
  • The building, originally known as the Union Gospel Tabernacle, was built by riverboat captain Thomas Green Ryman and opened its doors in 1892, seven years after Ryman attended a tent revival in Nashville led by evangelist Samuel Porter Jones.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024
  • As of midday Wednesday, Wolfe reported that the Disney’s monorail and riverboats were still running.
    Erin Clements, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Horror diehards will likely walk away feeling hoodwinked by a freaky trailer that promises something more extreme than what gets delivered.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • When Eastman tried to escape, he was shot in the leg, then forced onto a motorboat by his abductors.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Jansson spent much of her life living in a cottage like this one – all wooden planks and questionable plumbing – where, in the film, Sophia, her father (Anders Danielsen Lie, quietly rewarding as ever) and Grandma arrive on a motorboat in the first scene.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The decrease is attributed to a downturn in the RV market and anticipation of new product releases.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Speaking of, has Knight always owned an RV, or was that a rental?
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • In January, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, PIF, entered a multiyear partnership across Formula E auto racing, Extreme E off-road racing and E1 powerboat racing competitions.
    Jason Clinkscales for Sportico, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Head with a guide (from $90 a person, minimum four people) on a small powerboat into mangrove forests filled with manatees, crocodiles, giant iguanas, and toucans.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 May 2022
Noun
  • Book Now Owl’s Nest in the Catskills Photo: Courtesy of Airbnb Atop Bramley Mountain sits the Owl’s Nest, a quaint home with a wraparound porch, a wood-burning stove, and farmhouse interiors.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Daryl tracked them to a quaint farmhouse with a ghastly walkway lined with guard walkers.
    Charlie Mason, TVLine, 20 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Bach Boats rents pontoons with waterslides, deck boats, and other vessels to take out for the day.
    Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The 45-foot-long, yellow pontoon named Woodstock, in honor of one of the original three Alameda settlements formed in 1853, will have room for roughly 34 people and 14 bicycles.
    Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
Noun
  • Both the Bay Bridge and Francis Scott Key Bridge are under limited restrictions, meaning no house trailers or empty box trailers are allowed to travel through, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority.
    Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Burglary There was a burglary to a house trailer in the 7300 block of McCormick Boulevard on Jan. 8 in which an unknown person used a pry tool to pry open a door on a mobile trailer.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2023

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“Houseboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/houseboat. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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