houseboat

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Recent Examples of houseboat Overnight in a houseboat at Mangrove Marina and keep your eyes peeled for manatee sightings. Teaghan Skulszki, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025 Marc Jacobs’s Greenwich Village townhouse, Bjarke Ingels’s houseboat, and Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz’s modernist home all appear in the collection. Jane Hanson, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025 All three of those tenets are found within the one-bedroom, two-bath abode, which replaced an aging houseboat that had occupied the slip for decades. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2025 Fitzgerald began publishing fiction at age fifty-eight, and won the 1979 Booker Prize for her third novel Offshore, based on her experience living on a rundown houseboat in London. Jane Ciabattari august 12, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for houseboat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for houseboat
Noun
  • The 99-foot Memphis Queen III riverboat was scheduled to roll up the river to Little Rock and North Little Rock in the summer months to test the market.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The most comfortable way to explore this region is aboard a private luxury riverboat—think of it as your own floating boutique hotel.
    Paul Irvine, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • There are 11 episodes of The Beauty, and if the series is as well-watched as its trailer — which amassed over 190 million views within a week, per Deadline — there could be more.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The Tiny Birdy was designed by France's Atelier Bois d'ici and is based on a double-axle trailer.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • According to the bill, people can’t operate a motorboat and wakeboard or wake surf on public freshwater lakes between sunset and sunrise.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Country musician Zac Brown pulls up to the beach on a motorboat in one scene, while contestant Christian Hubicki laments at another point that his fate in the game may be decided by Jimmy Fallon, a nod to the late-night host having possibly devised an advantage.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Many South Florida Equestrian Village clients are from across the United States and Canada, and because horses demand a lot of attention and care, some owners will uproot their lives for as long as half the year and live at Sunshine Meadows in a tiny home or an RV.
    Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The company’s website currently lists three models the AI-THd RV, which is the evolution of the initial eTH concept, the AI-THt trailer, and the AI-THu mobile home.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Stefano died tragically in a powerboat racing accident in 1990.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Throughout his life, Reagan also focused his time on several charities, raising money in powerboat racing and serving as chair of the John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation board for three years.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Set beyond gates on nearly half an acre in the Amestoy Estates neighborhood, the modern farmhouse-style digs have been repainted a rich chocolate hue.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Colonial, mountain contemporary, and modern farmhouse homes are also popular.
    Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • At Quai de Cologny, people sunbathe on a round pontoon, whose striking design is a draw in itself.
    CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Kayaks, pontoon boats, standup paddleboards, and more are available through multiple local outfitters, including Boyne Watersports and Charlevoix Adventures.
    Stacy Conde, Midwest Living, 30 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Both the Bay Bridge and Francis Scott Key Bridge are under limited restrictions, meaning no house trailers or empty box trailers are allowed to travel through, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority.
    Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Burglary There was a burglary to a house trailer in the 7300 block of McCormick Boulevard on Jan. 8 in which an unknown person used a pry tool to pry open a door on a mobile trailer.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2023

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“Houseboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/houseboat. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.

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