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inner tube
noun
: an inflatable usually ring-shaped rubber tube designed for use inside a pneumatic tire
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Then, a little more than 24 hours later, a 26-year-old visitor from Sarasota, Florida was bitten on his left food while wading in an inner tube in about 5 feet of water, Malphurs said.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
Troopers said the boy had been playing with another boy and was about 10 feet from shore with an inner tube flotation device, while the other boy was on the shore, MSP said.
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Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 26 May 2024
Kile was fatally struck by a jet ski while floating in an inner tube in 2012.
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David Chiu, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
Between takes, Spielberg was in an inner tube beside her.
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Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1894, in the meaning defined above
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“Inner tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inner%20tube. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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inner tube
noun
: an inflatable ring-shaped rubber tube used inside a tire to hold air under pressure
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