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outboard

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Definition of outboard

as in inboard

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Recent Examples of outboard That case charged a handful of Florida defendants with stealing more than 600 outboard boat engines and vessels from the Tampa area and shipping them to the migrant smugglers in the Quintana Roo area. — Jay Weaver may 14, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026 Think of them as cigarette boats, large, powerful outboard engined boats that can race out and get among ships and cause direct damage that way. — CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026 The outboard-exit setup remains standard. — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 26 Mar. 2026 The middle seat is removable and outboard seats can be moved forward or aft and side to side. — Scotty Reiss, Parents, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for outboard

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Noun

So for specifically for inboard, inboard outboards.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 17 June 2026
Post-impact fire consumed the majority of the fuselage and the inboard wing sections.

— Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025

Definition of inboard

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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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Three officers in a patrol boat saw him and two other people riding in a dinghy with a blue canopy in Cow Channel.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
Operating as close as possible to the Libyan search-and-rescue zone, its crew deployed fast rigid inflatable boats (RHIBs) to reach overcrowded inflatable dinghies before larger rescue vessels could arrive.

— Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 17 July 2026

Definition of dinghy

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Officials are asking anyone who has seen Sean Michael Cunningham or his canoe in the last few days to contact them immediately.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 31 July 2026
The trail off that parking lot is wooded and crosses miles of wetlands and river swamp with multiple bridges and places where people can fish, canoe, and kayak.

— Dateline NBC, NBC news, 30 July 2026

Definition of canoe

Noun

Buttery defended that decision, saying an employee operating a cruiser or unmarked car has no expectation of privacy.

— Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
In the first video shared by the cruiser, the woman can be seen aggressively scratching her foot with her hand before reaching to pick up her food and eat it.

— Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

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