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Recent Examples of pontoon
For a more relaxed pace, rent a pontoon boat and motor around this beautiful mountain lake.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 25 June 2025
Rent kayaks, paddleboards or pontoon boats onsite to access the best secluded spots.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2025
Rentals for kayaks, paddleboards or pontoon boats available.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2025
Book an inexpensive two-hour pontoon boat tour up the Indian River Lagoon.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2025
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 25 June 2025
Rent kayaks, paddleboards or pontoon boats onsite to access the best secluded spots.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2025
Rentals for kayaks, paddleboards or pontoon boats available.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2025
Book an inexpensive two-hour pontoon boat tour up the Indian River Lagoon.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pontoon
Noun
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There happened to be a canoe in Sarah’s carport, in Pittsboro.—
Jessica Pishko,
New Yorker,
15 July 2025
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In 1974, Margaret and Harold Hedges, brothers Stewart and Steve Noland, and Coleman Holt climbed into three canoes to put in at Dixon Ford to become the first people known to run this stretch of the Buffalo River.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Decorate a patriotic dinghy 12 feet and under and enter the parade.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 July 2025
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Or rather, the slow, clinging descent down the dinghy’s slippery three-step ladder into what might as well have been a black hole, the water was so opaque.—
Billie Cohen,
AFAR Media,
30 Apr. 2025
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Others included people who jumped off piers, were washed off piers, or fell out of boats or kayaks while not wearing life jackets.—
Tresa Baldas,
Freep.com,
21 July 2025
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Just offshore, the sea still feels part of daily life, with ferries and kayaks connecting the urban with the wild.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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Newton enlisted the help of his younger brother and a friend, who agreed to follow along behind him in a rowboat with food and other supplies.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
6 July 2025
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Adventure intel: Green Lake, the larger of the two, has a sandy public beach with swimming access and a boat house that rents rowboats and kayaks (from $12 an hour).—
Jen Murphy,
Outside Online,
22 May 2025
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One day floating in a small raft in the Pacific turned into six weeks, with little food, less water and even less hope of being found.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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For the past four days, Jonathan McComb has climbed into inflatable Zodiac rafts or hiked along the flood-scarred banks of the Guadalupe River, poking through brambles and uprooted trees, looking for victims.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Participants must bring their own watercraft, personal flotation device, whistle, and a white electric light.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 July 2025
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Deployed at anchor, this rear extension features water toys, personal watercraft, seabobs and a pool with protective netting for ocean swims.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
13 July 2025
Noun
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Beyond, two men in straw hats share a skiff, an image of blissful communion.—
James Meyer,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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And today there’s a big casino with roller skating where Old Man Dill used to moor the three leaky skiffs which comprised his boat livery.—
Ted Janes,
Outdoor Life,
29 May 2025
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After the travel party’s homemade catamaran flipped, leaving the group to drift in the ocean for over 24 hours, Rockefeller strapped empty gasoline cans to his waist and swam for help.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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The firm’s bet on the high-tech, high-speed world of foiling catamarans signals growing investor confidence in SailGP’s model, a centralized league shifting rapidly to private franchise ownership.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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“Pontoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pontoon. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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