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paddleboat

noun

Definition of paddleboat

as in canoe

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Recent Examples of paddleboat Watch paddleboats race across the Tidal Basin, cheer on your March Madness favorites, attend a film festival or explore Georgetown’s art galleries. — Adele Chapin, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2026 Nelson plays the song on a paddleboat as Peacemaker and Harcourt have a moment. — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 24 Dec. 2025 As the party embarks on the first leg of the journey – a paddleboat excursion westward across the Gulf to the Port of Bagdad – Coleman learns from Turlow the truth behind the trip. — Erin Douglass, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2025 One of the main events is the Pumpkin Regatta where pumpkins that weigh between 500 and 800 pounds are converted into paddleboats and raced across the pond at Elk Grove Park, first held in 2006. — Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for paddleboat

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The summer after the country celebrated its 200th birthday, David Hearn paddled a canoe nicknamed the Queen Mary around the Reflecting Pool as part of an event intended to draw attention to a sport that would later lead him to Olympic glory.

— Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
That includes pedal boats shaped like swans, dragons, ducks and flamingos, as well as kayaks, canoes and stand-up paddleboards.

— Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 17 July 2026

Definition of canoe

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Launching from Monterey, California, in a 21-foot rowboat, Pfender documented the mental and physical challenges of her trip on social media.

— Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
On Friday, June 19, authorities said in a release that the Royal New Zealand Air Force's (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon crew found the man in his 13-foot aluminum rowboat that morning.

— Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026

Definition of rowboat

Noun

Paddle the Llano River The Llano River runs right through Castell, and the community makes a great home base for exploring it by canoe or kayak.

— Pam LeBlanc, Southern Living, 20 July 2026
There’s also a seasonal heated outdoor pool, kayak and paddleboard rentals for exploring Quonochontaug Salt Pond, and scheduled motorboat outings on the pond.

— Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 18 July 2026

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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

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The early whiskey makers in Kentucky were the first to barrel and ship their whiskey on flatboats down to New Orleans.

— Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
On Christmas Eve 1788, settlers hopped into flatboats at Limestone (Maysville, Kentucky) and traveled for four days down the icy Ohio River to establish Losantiville, later called Cincinnati.

— Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024

Definition of flatboat

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The bulk of weight-loss ads come not from the makers of GLP-1s but the raft of online pharmacies distributing them.

— Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
The Guinea-Bissau forward will be the latest in a raft of signings who are being brought in to bolster the academy set-up.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026

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