houseboat

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Recent Examples of houseboat Experience something new by sleeping in a former church built in 1904 or a houseboat anchored amidst cypress trees emerging from the open water. Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2025 There were blood stains on the blanket covering his body as well as the rear of the houseboat, police said. Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025 The 65-year-old Boston attorney found dead on his houseboat this month was discovered with pink fingernails stuck to his chest, authorities say. Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025 Boston police have charged 24-year-old Nora Nelson, who was on the houseboat when police arrived, with murder, the department said in a statement last week. Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for houseboat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for houseboat
Noun
  • In the meantime, the riverboats are dry-docked at an area recycling yard.
    Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
  • An educational 25-minute riverboat cruise also runs further up the Weeki Wachee river and teaches visitors about native plants and animals, and the environmental threats to the springs (like fertilizer runoff from golf courses).
    Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • One strong gust of wind can be enough to flip one of these trailers onto its side.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 25 May 2025
  • Summit then provides a powered trailer hitch, hands free access to the tailgate, a head-up display, and a second wireless phone charger.
    James Morris, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • On the eve of the indictments, Juarez posted to social media a picture of a peaceful scene: Himself on a large motorboat, a silver watch on his wrist, with a yellow and orange sun setting on the horizon behind him.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Francine Kiefer/The Christian Science Monitor About 350 people live on the island, and each family has 3 acres, a motorboat, and a rowboat.
    Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Their off-and-on relationship had appeared to come to an end not long before that day, though Crane had stayed at Charles’ home — an RV — the night before.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
  • Illicit Gardens employs 200 workers in a 100,000-square-foot growing and production facility, near an RV dealership and a fireworks storage facility.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The film follows single mother who moves in with her own mother to renovate a fading suburban farmhouse.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 15 May 2025
  • Photo : Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty A farmhouse sink for filling vases is tucked into the one corner.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Hannah Smith, 22, fell off a pontoon boat and was dragged into the propeller while on vacation in the Bahamas on May 12, according to AL.com.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 24 May 2025
  • Rent pontoon boats to tour the lush 38-mile Inland Waterway that ends in Lake Huron.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 19 May 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
Noun
  • This places the Ghost on the premium end of the cruiser market.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 May 2025
  • Police said the cruiser floated out approximately 20 feet before it was fully submerged.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025

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“Houseboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/houseboat. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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