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Recent Examples of riverboat
Dressed in a black hat, black bell-bottoms, and a jacket with turquoise accents, the Louisiana country singer gave a soulful, twangy reading of the riverboat tale, effortlessly commanding the crowd with just a few shimmies and finger points.
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
And for those wanting to avoid the traffic and celebrate in style, see one of the Midwest's largest fireworks displays aboard a train or riverboat.
—Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
In the early 1990s, as Illinois allowed the operation of floating gaming venues, the rivulet was considered by one developer to house a riverboat casino.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The popular riverboat has been in her family for decades.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 23 July 2025
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
And for those wanting to avoid the traffic and celebrate in style, see one of the Midwest's largest fireworks displays aboard a train or riverboat.
—Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
In the early 1990s, as Illinois allowed the operation of floating gaming venues, the rivulet was considered by one developer to house a riverboat casino.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The popular riverboat has been in her family for decades.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riverboat
Noun
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Overnight in a houseboat at Mangrove Marina and keep your eyes peeled for manatee sightings.—
Teaghan Skulszki,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Oct. 2025
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Three man have been charged with selling either methamphetamine or guns to undercover federal agents, including one Oakland man who allegedly used his houseboat on the Oakland marina to peddle firearms and brag about his knack for making customized bullets.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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The complaint accused Coconut Grove Sailing Club and three counselors, including the one who operated the motorboat, of various counts of negligence.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Leith returned me to shore in a motorboat.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Interested parties will also have a chance to buy an Aero Hunton XRS37 powerboat.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2025
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Powering over the horizon on my beloved center console powerboat and not wearing a shirt for long periods of time!—
Bill Springer,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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That misses the point of a pontoon boat, not to mention living on a nice piece of lakeshore.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
25 Oct. 2025
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Kelly’s father owned a pontoon boat that, in high school, had been off limits.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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To put that into perspective, that is bigger than current destroyers and closer to cruiser size.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
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Founder Dario Messina says the NY24 Deluxe, a compact dayboat with elegant curves, and the NY40 flagship, a more powerful midrange cruiser, share a design language rooted in Italian tradition but rendered with a minimalist hand.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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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.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
15 Dec. 2024
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Alice Austen and Gertrude Tate in a rowboat in Scotland in 1903.Courtesy Collection of Alice Austen House But when the 1929 stock market crash caught Austen in the crosshairs, her financial standing plummeted.—
Margaret Hetherman,
NBC news,
19 Oct. 2025
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Another sweet photo showed the couple spending time together in a rowboat on the lake.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
12 Oct. 2025
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His collection included woodland pots from North America, Aztec stone figurines and obsidian blades, a canoe from South America, Indigenous stone tools and weapons, Taino artifacts, an ancient Roman mosaic fragment, and Chinese pottery and armor.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
5 Nov. 2025
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Book a Hawaiian outrigger canoe trip at sunrise to watch dolphins.—
Carla Vianna,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Riverboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riverboat. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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