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cruiser

noun

Definition of cruiser

as in runabout

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as in corvette

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Recent Examples of cruiser But projects like the 59-foot Cigarette Tirranna performance cruiser and a range of CdM expedition yachts show the breadth of his portfolio. — The Editors, Robb Report, 27 June 2026 Nearly a week after that crash, a wrong-way driver hit a state trooper's cruiser in Peabody along the same stretch of highway. — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 25 June 2026 Guests can also rent Freedom Flyer cruiser bikes to pedal around the property and to nearby shops like Brewster Book Store, The Brewster Store, and Pelo Mar boutique. — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 23 June 2026 In one Facebook group, a cruiser argued that companies should be more upfront about the full cost of a trip. — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for cruiser

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Fiat is expanding its North American lineup with the launch of the all-electric Topolino, a pint-sized two-seat runabout that starts at $13,995.

— Josh Max, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
This family yard has spent the past decade proving its knack for reinterpreting the world’s most beautiful runabout forms.

— Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 16 June 2026

Definition of runabout

Noun

Its Russian captain allegedly acted on Russian intelligence and a Russian corvette ran reconnaissance.

— Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
The navy also fields six Osa II missile boats, Pauk-class corvettes, minesweepers and numerous smaller patrol and support craft.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026

Definition of corvette

Noun

Aerial footage showed heavy damage to the suspect's vehicle, a dark gray sedan.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 14 July 2026
In the video, the white sedan is seen driving in slow circles at an intersection before another vehicle drives up, blocking the white sedan and bringing it to a stop.

— Caroll Alvarado, CNN Money, 13 July 2026

Definition of sedan

Noun

For Odysseus’ main vessel, the production used the Draken, a 115-foot boat located in Stavanger, Norway, that the art department could transform into a Mycenaean warship with relatively few modifications.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026
The ceremony moves the warship closer to delivery as the Navy expands a fleet designed to counter increasingly complex air and missile threats.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026

Definition of warship

Noun

Upon arrival, authorities found that a 33-foot cabin cruiser motorboat carrying nine passengers had struck a smaller vessel carrying five passengers.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
The 12-cabin cruiser Pure Amazon is Abercrombie & Kent's first voyage on these waters and is part of the brand's Sanctuary collection, which will also include the soon-to-launch riverboat Nile Seray.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026

Definition of cabin cruiser

Noun

Ballast water the likely vector Researchers believe the bloody red shrimp first arrived in the Great Lakes from ballast water released from freighter ships that also travel the oceans.

— Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 3 July 2026
Best International Narrative Feature went to Labrador — Autopsy of Silence, directed by Rodrigue Jean, which follows an Inuk mechanic who is suspected of murder on a freighter.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 June 2026

Definition of freighter

Noun

Petersburg area, include the 108-foot Sunseeker Casino Royale, the Buddy Davis sportfisherman Permit, and the racing sailing yacht En Garde.

— Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2023
Every few minutes a big sportfisherman or ferry churned up deep-troughed wake, over which the boat floated level like a duck.

— Dan Neil, WSJ, 28 June 2018

Definition of sportfisherman

Noun

Authorities say the pontoon boat collided with a barge and that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating.

— Ashley Grams, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Eisenberger is a former deputy aide for Collins who most recently worked for American Waterways Operators, the national trade association for the barge, towboat and tugboat industry.

— Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of barge

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