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as in riverboat
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as in trailer
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Recent Examples of houseboat
Overnight in a houseboat at Mangrove Marina and keep your eyes peeled for manatee sightings.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for houseboat
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North Little Rock was once home to the Arkansas Queen, a triple-deck, 130-foot riverboat that leased a berth at the Inland Maritime Museum complex.—
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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So was the trailer carrying the box, suggesting that someone broke a lock, attached the entire thing to their vehicle and drove off, Smook said.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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From the trailer and the film’s plot — centered on two Tel Aviv artists tasked with writing a new anthem for Israel in the days after the October 7, 2023 attacks — you won’t be shocked as to why.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2026
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Or when the world saw, thanks to paparazzi photos, her bare shoulders during a private moment with Ye in the back of a Venetian motorboat.—
Anna Peele,
Vanity Fair,
6 Feb. 2026
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Afternoons are made for fresh piña coladas, languid sun worshipping, and offshore adventures on motorboats fully stocked with snorkels, fins, and local beer.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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The bank also said concerns about the RV business being too transient are exaggerated and that Equity LifeStyle is well positioned in a choppy macroeconomic environment.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2026
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To cut costs and preserve the ability to save for retirement and eventually afford a place of her own, Krista decided to move into an RV on private land.—
Meg Tanaka,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Stefano died tragically in a powerboat racing accident in 1990.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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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
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This throw pillow has a windowpane plaid design that effortlessly blends in with farmhouse and cottagecore aesthetics.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Feb. 2026
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And thanks to a thoughtful renovation, this particular farmhouse is ready to begin its next chapter.—
Miriam Schwartz,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2026
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Somebody was evacuating the karaoke machine on a pontoon made of wood and inflatable toys.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Next to it sat a pontoon boat and a basketball goal.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
14 Jan. 2026
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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 12 Feb. 2026.
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