paddleboat

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Recent Examples of paddleboat One of Snorkel Park’s best aspects is that the beach has ample amenities to rent, including snorkel equipment, paddleboats, kayaks, sun umbrellas, lounge chairs, and cabanas. Sandy Allen, AFAR Media, 10 Jan. 2025 The current mural is composed of five historical scenes, beginning in the upper left- hand corner with the depiction of the paddleboat Wanderer that hauled cargo on the New River in the late 1800s. Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025 Anyone interested in fishing will need a valid license, while kayaks and paddleboats are available for rent. Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024 Visit the butterfly garden at the Texas Discovery Gardens, paddleboat with a view of the Ferris wheel or explore one of the fair's museums. Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for paddleboat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paddleboat
Noun
  • Firefighters also returned to the water to get the canoe.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
  • From there, the canoe will continue its circumnavigation of the Pacific Ocean, which began in Alaska in June 2023.
    Brianna Randall, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Francine Kiefer/The Christian Science Monitor About 350 people live on the island, and each family has 3 acres, a motorboat, and a rowboat.
    Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Spend your solo sojourn in the French countryside luxuriating in the property’s 80 acres, ideal for an afternoon picnic and a spin around the private lake on the château’s rowboat.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Rock Creek Lakes Resort on the other side of the lake, has kayak and canoe rentals (as well as a small store and breakfast).
    Jenna Blough, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Go scuba diving, take a glass-bottom boat tour, or paddle a kayak.
    Lisa A. Beach, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The pilot was able to inflate pontoons so the helicopter remained upright on the water and there were no serious injuries, though the passengers were all taken to hospital.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Josey — who was found asleep and alone on the adrift pontoon later that day — still holds a lot of guilt.
    Brianne Tracy, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The boys board a rescue boat and pull five souls off the Flicka’s rescue dinghy, all while sharks circle and buck.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
  • In one of the most memorable finale scenes, Tanya kills everyone on the yacht and then falls to her death trying to get on a dinghy.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On Christmas Eve 1788, settlers hopped into flatboats at Limestone (Maysville, Kentucky) and traveled for four days down the icy Ohio River to establish Losantiville, later called Cincinnati.
    Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The early whiskey makers in Kentucky were the first to barrel and ship their whiskey on flatboats down to New Orleans.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Those figures come amid a raft of troubling economic data.
    Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The men then clambered down to the water before launching a raft from the northeast shore of the island.
    Louise McLoughlin, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Hop in a kayak or on a skiff ride for more intimate portraits of the state’s incredible wildlife.
    UnCruise Adventures, AFAR Media, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Erik Heil Germany, one of the newer teams, is led by driver Erik Heil, a two-time bronze medalist in the 49er skiff class.
    Andrew Rice, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Paddleboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paddleboat. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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