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Recent Examples of pontoon
On the kind of warm, bright afternoon that Michigan boaters wait all year for, Malik Amine and his brother readied their family’s pontoon boat for the summer.
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ABC News, 5 June 2026
Rent a pontoon, kayak, or paddleboard to explore the lakes, or float a gentle stretch of the Ottertail River with Charlie’s Ottertail Tubing.
—Taryn Shorr-McKee, Midwest Living, 31 May 2026
The nautical equipment still featured the aluminum fishing boat, but the impossible tub was long gone, replaced by a pontoon boat, a real one.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 30 May 2026
Juan Carlos Garcia-Guitierrez of Lancaster had been in a pontoon boat on the lake before jumping into the water for a swim.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 25 May 2026
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ABC News, 5 June 2026
Rent a pontoon, kayak, or paddleboard to explore the lakes, or float a gentle stretch of the Ottertail River with Charlie’s Ottertail Tubing.
—Taryn Shorr-McKee, Midwest Living, 31 May 2026
The nautical equipment still featured the aluminum fishing boat, but the impossible tub was long gone, replaced by a pontoon boat, a real one.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 30 May 2026
Juan Carlos Garcia-Guitierrez of Lancaster had been in a pontoon boat on the lake before jumping into the water for a swim.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 25 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pontoon
Noun
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Twilight, Evening, Mystery, Cliff, Cedar, Perrault — traveling in two canoes with five-horsepower outboards, and portaging over rocky trails.—
Fred Bear,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2026
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The shallow Ethiopian gambella canoe basket makes a particularly good dining or coffee table centerpiece, especially as a counterpoint to glass or glossy surfaces that need grounding.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
11 June 2026
Noun
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When the Resolution had arrived at Tanna, Cook had followed his usual practice and drawn two lines in the sand to mark out an area which the crew would use for landing their dinghies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Producers like Shungu, QThree, Mike Shabb, and Elsesser himself let their legato phrases repeat ad infinitum, gently bobbing like a dinghy in agitated waters.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Guests can even use the home’s complimentary kayak on the nearby Menemsha Beach.—
Kelsey Mulvey,
Vogue,
14 June 2026
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And because this is the Ocean State, there’s no shortage of ways to get out on the water, whether via kayak or paddleboard around Wickford Harbor and nearby Rabbit Island.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
Noun
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Even a rowboat can become garden gold with a little imagination.—
Marisa Suzanne Martin,
The Spruce,
6 May 2026
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On their third anniversary, Irvi proposed in a rowboat in Central Park.—
Caitlin Dickerson,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The new Seltos grows in nearly every dimension, adds a raft of features and adopts styling consistent with Kia’s popular Telluride and EV9 three-row SUVs.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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Next year’s Sziget 2026 Festival will feature a raft of major headliners, including Florence + the Machine, Lewis Capaldi, sombr and Twenty One Pilots.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Then additional lifeguards on a watercraft, which was patrolling north of the pier, picked him up and took him to shore.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
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In Mono County, Mammoth Lakes Recreation was awarded $175,000 to deploy three mobile watercraft decontamination stations aimed at preventing the spread of the invasive golden mussel.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2026
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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
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Another unique addition to the outdoor space is a wooden skiff from Martha's Vineyard, which Leon says was one of his dad's favorite anecdotes to share with visitors.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
Noun
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One of the island’s most iconic (and also inherently romantic) experiences is closing out the day in Mallory Square or aboard a catamaran cruise as the sky turns shades of pink and orange over the Gulf.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2026
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In a landmark for clean maritime transport, Tasmania’s Incat shipyard has built the world’s largest all‑electric ferry – a 130 m catamaran (Hull 096) for Uruguay/Argentina operator Buquebus.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
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“Pontoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pontoon. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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