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Definition of outboard motor
: a small internal combustion engine with propeller integrally attached for mounting at the stern of a small boat
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Recent Examples on the Web But their needs for cash, for buying everything from outboard motors to music downloads for flip phones, is increasing.
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Daniel Grossman, Scientific American, "Peru’s Peatlands Could Greatly Accelerate Global Warming," 5 Feb. 2020 Carlos and Willy sat in the stern, next to the outboard motor.
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Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, "The Bird Angle," 28 Oct. 2019 The boat was a 33-foot Protector Targa, a speed boat with an outboard motor.
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Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, "Father arrested after his 11-year-old son is killed in boat accident near Angel Island," 16 Sep. 2019 About an hour into the journey, the outboard motor on their 20-foot fishing boat groaned and died.
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Jack Healy, New York Times, "They Rode Out Dorian in the Outer Banks. Now Comes the Hard Part.," 8 Sep. 2019 Aloha's tiki boats are essentially floating platforms powered by a 30-horsepower outboard motor.
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John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, "Tiki boats could be start of untapped business opportunity on Detroit River," 22 Aug. 2019 The small craft with an outboard motor was reported capsized a little after 8 p.m. north of the Imperial Beach Pier, in the surf off Daisy Avenue near Dunes Park, Deputy Christopher Allen told OnScene TV.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, "Suspected smuggling boat capsizes off Imperial Beach," 6 Aug. 2019 After a few hours in the water, the outboard motor stalled, and the raft began to sink.
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Matthew Wolfe, Harper's magazine, "Without a Trace," 10 Feb. 2019 According to HI Sutton, author of the Covert Shores web site, the ship had been stripped of its outboard motors and navigation equipment.
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Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Colombian Drug Smugglers Built This Stealthy, Special Forces-Inspired Boat," 13 June 2017
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The first known use of outboard motor was in 1909
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