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Recent Examples of riverboat
Three riverboats make the voyage, including the brand new American Liberty, which made its debut in 2024.
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Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2024
Grand plans for a floating casino off Cancun, Mexico, collapsed, and a riverboat gambling venture in Mississippi required more cash than the tribe had on hand.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 26 Sep. 2024
Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas have joined the cast as the new characters of The Reverend Mother, a smiling, guitar-playing nun who runs the Home for Retired Bears, and Hunter Cabot, a dashing and intrepid riverboat captain who offers to help the Brown family on their Peruvian adventure.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024
One client, celebrating his 60th birthday party, had never considered a riverboat charter, but was lured by being able to host many more guests.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2024
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Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2024
Grand plans for a floating casino off Cancun, Mexico, collapsed, and a riverboat gambling venture in Mississippi required more cash than the tribe had on hand.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 26 Sep. 2024
Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas have joined the cast as the new characters of The Reverend Mother, a smiling, guitar-playing nun who runs the Home for Retired Bears, and Hunter Cabot, a dashing and intrepid riverboat captain who offers to help the Brown family on their Peruvian adventure.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024
One client, celebrating his 60th birthday party, had never considered a riverboat charter, but was lured by being able to host many more guests.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riverboat
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Michaels's happy houseboat life in Sausalito is thrown into turmoil when her husband disappears, leaving only a letter as a clue to his whereabouts.Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2023
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Hydropower production was going full tilt, and millions of people were visiting the reservoir annually to fish, houseboat, and water ski.Zak Podmore, The Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Bach Boats rents pontoons with waterslides, deck boats, and other vessels to take out for the day.Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2024
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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
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Not quite a Saturday morning canyon carver, instead this Benz serves perfectly as the Sunday brunch cruiser, a true time capsule from a bygone era of motoring that Mercedes, and almost every automaker, can still learn from today.Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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These departments immediately ran into serious problems using the vehicles as cruisers, such as a lack of charging infrastructure, inadequate interior space, expensive and lengthy retrofitting processes, interference from advanced driver safety assistance systems and more.Erin Marquis / Jalopnik, Quartz, 16 Oct. 2024
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Those who made it safely to New Orleans sold their wares, then sold the warped wood from their flatboats as scrap.Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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As many as a quarter of all flatboats wrecked en route to New Orleans.Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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Richard binds Iris' wrists with zip ties and places her in a rowboat.Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Emily and Camille have a fight across rowboats, which, implausibly but obviously, ends with them both in the water and getting thrown out.Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
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And in Long Beach, where the A Line ends, eight sports will be played — rowing, sailing, triathlon, water polo, canoe sprint, artistic swimming, marathon swimming and handball.Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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The home also has a two-story pool house with plenty of storage for water toys, like kayaks, paddleboards, and canoes.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Riverboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riverboat. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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