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inboard

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Recent Examples of inboard Post-impact fire consumed the majority of the fuselage and the inboard wing sections. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025 So for specifically for inboard, inboard outboards. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 17 June 2026 Vessels with inboard gasoline engines also must have a proper ventilation system and a backfire flame arrestor to reduce the risk of explosion. — Tina Chen, Mercury News, 25 July 2025 The challenging design required exhaust valves mounted inboard and intake valves outboard, the opposite of the tens of millions of standard V-8 engines produced over the last century. — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2010 See All Example Sentences for inboard

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Noun

Half an hour north by five-horse outboard, McAree empties into Lac La Croix.

— Hank Bradshaw, Outdoor Life, 24 June 2026
Authorities said Floros was struck by the boat's outboard engine propellers, resulting in the partial amputation of his left leg and significant injury to the right ankle, per the Toronto Sun.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026

Definition of outboard

Noun

While some soon-to-be-retirees are called to the beach or the mountains, others are drawn to lake living and all its perks, like watching sunsets on the dock, grilling outside, and taking the pontoon boat out for daily cruises.

— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026
Captain An Electric Boat Around Morro Bay Estero Adventures rents quiet electric pontoon boats that visitors operate themselves.

— David Hochman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of pontoon

Noun

This is Moskito’s newest baby, which has just fully opened with a series of swimming pools, a basketball court, its own 42-foot powerboat, a games room, and a vinyl record library, plus direct access to the beach.

— Sarah Turner, Robb Report, 25 June 2026
Combining sustainability with another niche – powerboat motorsport – could have been a recipe for disaster.

— James Morris, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

Definition of powerboat

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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
French gendarmes buzzed around in motorboats off the coast of Evian on Saturday, and one officer hoisted up a bulky drone-interception device in a display of the security measures being rolled out for the summit.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 June 2026

Definition of motorboat

Noun

Each bungalow is outfitted with two cruiser bikes that are perfect for getting around on property.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
The second of the three warships named for the capital of Alaska was a Juneau-class light cruiser commissioned after the Second World War.

— Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of cruiser

Noun

Flores and Álvarez, on one of the skiffs, were floating approximately fifteen nautical miles east of the Fiorella.

— Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
The three male crabs are hauled into our polar skiff; the last goes back into the sea to produce the next generation.

— The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2026

Definition of skiff

Noun

Māori mythology locates Karikari as the location where the first canoes landed in New Zealand.

— Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
But Hearn took his whitewater canoe straight into the raging rapids, where officers later swooped in and arrested him.

— Jasmine Baehr , Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

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