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Recent Examples of airboat
The Grosse Ile Police Department tried guiding Stella to land using an aerial drone, then enlisted the local fire department to help with an airboat.
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Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
About that time, another airboat came roaring through our decoys, intent on catching the bad guys.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 18 Dec. 2025
An airboat was also requested from the Manistee County Sheriff's Office.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
Dufrene—who runs a popular airboat swamp tours in Louisiana—donned a more casual getup, including a navy shirt jacket and pants, baseball cap, and gas station sunglasses worn upside down.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2025
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Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
About that time, another airboat came roaring through our decoys, intent on catching the bad guys.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 18 Dec. 2025
An airboat was also requested from the Manistee County Sheriff's Office.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
Dufrene—who runs a popular airboat swamp tours in Louisiana—donned a more casual getup, including a navy shirt jacket and pants, baseball cap, and gas station sunglasses worn upside down.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airboat
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Under Chinese doctrine the landing would carried out in boats, landing craft and hovercraft dropped by motherships close to the horizon.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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One of the vessels appears to be a hovercraft.—
Dave Boucher,
Freep.com,
7 Dec. 2025
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Steer clear of puddles - Driving into puddles or low areas of rainwater can cause vehicles to hydroplane or skid out of control.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Mar. 2026
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Accidents can occur when drivers hydroplane, panic, slam the brakes and move their steering wheel wildly while reacting to a temporary loss of control.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
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And since each ship carried three to five whaleboats, the amount of rope needed just to conduct whaling operations on one whaleship was as much as ten thousand feet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Airboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airboat. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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