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There’s also a great deal of riverboat cruises that depart from Amsterdam, including Viking’s trip down the Rhine — eight days with stops in Germany, France and Switzerland.
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Emily Longeretta, Variety, 25 May 2025
Passengers will sail on the American Symphony, a nearly new riverboat with decor that has nautical blue-and-white touches.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 May 2025
His younger brother Henry, who followed him into the riverboat line, had been blown up in a boiler explosion in June of 1858, not even a full year before the first of these parodies was published.
—John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
In the meantime, the riverboats are dry-docked at an area recycling yard.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
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Emily Longeretta, Variety, 25 May 2025
Passengers will sail on the American Symphony, a nearly new riverboat with decor that has nautical blue-and-white touches.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 May 2025
His younger brother Henry, who followed him into the riverboat line, had been blown up in a boiler explosion in June of 1858, not even a full year before the first of these parodies was published.
—John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
In the meantime, the riverboats are dry-docked at an area recycling yard.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
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“Riverboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riverboat. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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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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