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as in riverboat
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as in trailer
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Recent Examples of houseboat
This maze of lakes and islands hosts houseboats as well as celestial reflections, with auroras possible by dint of its location at 48 degrees north along the U.S.-Canada border.
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Aug. 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
The historic Amsterdam waterways offer roughly 2,500 houseboats docked along their banks year-round.
—Dan Q. Dao, Architectural Digest, 8 Mar. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Aug. 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
The historic Amsterdam waterways offer roughly 2,500 houseboats docked along their banks year-round.
—Dan Q. Dao, Architectural Digest, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for houseboat
Noun
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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
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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
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Keep a distance from high profile vehicles such as trucks, buses and vehicles towing trailers.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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In 1999, an arson attack on a trailer home concealed the corpses of a couple, Danny and Kathy Freeman, but the bodies of their daughter Ashley and her best friend Lauria Bible were never found.—
Rebecca Hannigan,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The two boats, along with a 31-foot Fountain powerboat also linked to the smuggling operation, will be forfeited to the federal government, the department said.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
25 Nov. 2025
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In May, the longest-running powerboat race in America, the Cambridge Classic, takes center stage, while September brings thousands of competitors out for Ironman Maryland, one of the only Ironman competitions held on the East Coast.—
Katie Riley,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Nov. 2025
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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
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Colonial, mountain contemporary, and modern farmhouse homes are also popular.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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
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Paddle around the streams and ponds in a canoe or kayak at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort, or rent a motorized pontoon and explore the surrounding lakes and inlets.—
Carlye Wisel,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Dec. 2025
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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
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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 13 Jan. 2026.
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