Examples of riverboat in a Sentence
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If driving an hour or two to the Missouri towns in the path of totality isn’t in the cards for you, one of the next best views may be aboard the riverboats on the Mississippi River near St. Louis' iconic Gateway Arch.
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Melissa Locker, TIME, 6 Apr. 2024
The others sponsor public lotteries, poker clubs, riverboat casinos at which Vegas-like games are on offer, or have made deals with Native American tribes for their own casinos.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
The story’s bloody, propulsive denouement includes a slave insurrection and a surreal trip into the bowels of a riverboat, where Jim and Norman learn the vital distinction between the ringing of four bells and seven.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
If Senate Bill 62 passes, riverboats with as few as 40 passengers, rather than boats with 100 passengers, will be eligible to sell alcohol.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 21 Jan. 2024
Bourbon on boats The Senate unanimously passed a measure from Sen. Gex Williams, R-Verona, to increase the number of riverboats that can serve bourbon.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 21 Jan. 2024
After the captain and Pickett attempted to persuade the rowdy group to move, Pickett untied the boat to make way for the riverboat, witnesses said, which prompted several of the private boaters to attack, Albert said.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2023
As the tension escalated, a group of pontoon boat passengers confronted the riverboat crew member, ultimately leading to a violent fight.
—Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2023
Another jumps off the riverboat, swimming to join in.
—Jeremy Gray | , al, 7 Aug. 2023
Melissa Locker, TIME, 6 Apr. 2024
The others sponsor public lotteries, poker clubs, riverboat casinos at which Vegas-like games are on offer, or have made deals with Native American tribes for their own casinos.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
The story’s bloody, propulsive denouement includes a slave insurrection and a surreal trip into the bowels of a riverboat, where Jim and Norman learn the vital distinction between the ringing of four bells and seven.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
If Senate Bill 62 passes, riverboats with as few as 40 passengers, rather than boats with 100 passengers, will be eligible to sell alcohol.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 21 Jan. 2024
Bourbon on boats The Senate unanimously passed a measure from Sen. Gex Williams, R-Verona, to increase the number of riverboats that can serve bourbon.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 21 Jan. 2024
After the captain and Pickett attempted to persuade the rowdy group to move, Pickett untied the boat to make way for the riverboat, witnesses said, which prompted several of the private boaters to attack, Albert said.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2023
As the tension escalated, a group of pontoon boat passengers confronted the riverboat crew member, ultimately leading to a violent fight.
—Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2023
Another jumps off the riverboat, swimming to join in.
—Jeremy Gray | , al, 7 Aug. 2023
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“Riverboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riverboat. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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riverboat
noun
riv·er·boat
-ˌbōt 
: a boat used (as for carrying passengers or freight) on a river
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