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Recent Examples of riverboat
Once the new location is open, Hollywood Casino’s parent company Penn Entertainment has an agreement with the city of Aurora to demolish the riverboat location in downtown, including the barge, building and walkway over the Fox River, then turn the land over to the city of Aurora.
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R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
American author Mark Twain certainly enjoyed his former profession as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi in the late 1850s and early 1860s.
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René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
Tapping into the city's riverboat gambling history at on-land casinos and attending annual festivals celebrating literature, film, and music are also big draws.
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Anne Olivia Bauso,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Apr. 2026
Babu immediately fell into the flow, picking a nap chair in the bow and inquiring about the riverboat’s construction.
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Kathryn Romeyn,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
American author Mark Twain certainly enjoyed his former profession as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi in the late 1850s and early 1860s.
—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
Tapping into the city's riverboat gambling history at on-land casinos and attending annual festivals celebrating literature, film, and music are also big draws.
—
Anne Olivia Bauso,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Apr. 2026
Babu immediately fell into the flow, picking a nap chair in the bow and inquiring about the riverboat’s construction.
—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riverboat
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Bella's parents, who live on a houseboat and travel through the Pacific Northwest's San Juan Islands year-round, were concerned for her safety at first, despite their own unconventional living situation.
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Jack Pearson, Compass, (516) 457-7111 Port Washington Docked on Manhasset Bay, this 1986 houseboat is near Bat Walk Park and shops and dining in the town’s center.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Combining sustainability with another niche – powerboat motorsport – could have been a recipe for disaster.
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Captain An Electric Boat Around Morro Bay Estero Adventures rents quiet electric pontoon boats that visitors operate themselves.
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But nature is the real reason people step on his pontoon.
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Being a courteous cruiser helps everyone maximize their vacation enjoyment.
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But projects like the 59-foot Cigarette Tirranna performance cruiser and a range of CdM expedition yachts show the breadth of his portfolio.
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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.
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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.
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Although San Francisco Bay is cold, the fitness icon Jack La Lanne once swam to the island pulling a rowboat, and several children also made the swim.
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On high-water days, tourists board a rowboat ferry for the two-minute trip.
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Exhibits are displayed in six different rooms and a canoe house.
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After lunch, Bud and Stan took a canoe to explore a long draw of water in back of camp while Ed and I strung up the radio aerial and called Cache Lake.
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“Riverboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riverboat. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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