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runabout

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Definition of runabout

as in cruiser

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Recent Examples of runabout The two-seat city runabout will be powered by an all-new Electric Compact Architecture (ECA) developed in-house by Smart. — New Atlas, 27 Apr. 2026 The Sidekick proved to be a nifty runabout from one end of the property to the other. — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 8 Apr. 2026 The 44th annual Palm Beach International Boat Show returned to the West Palm Beach waterfront this week, featuring nearly 1,000 vessels ranging from small runabouts to 250-foot superyachts. — Carline Jean, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026 That means an emphasis on pontoons, runabouts, fishing boats, ski and wake boats and larger open-water cruisers. — Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for runabout

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Yellow evidence markers charted at least 28 shells from the exchange of gunfire, most of them clustered around the driver’s side door of Heflin’s cruiser.

— Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2026
No injuries were reported, but Bartletto quickly got the attention of a group of officers, members of an NYPD Mobile Force Command, sitting in an unmarked cruiser a short distance from the shooting.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026

Definition of cruiser

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Aerial footage showed heavy damage to the suspect's vehicle, a dark gray sedan.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 14 July 2026
In the video, the white sedan is seen driving in slow circles at an intersection before another vehicle drives up, blocking the white sedan and bringing it to a stop.

— Caroll Alvarado, CNN Money, 13 July 2026

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Officials have identified another victim after a 49-foot cabin cruiser capsized in the San Francisco Bay on July 14, leaving a 79-year-old man dead and three people missing.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Madruga's body was recovered Thursday by a police marine unit, two days after the Volare, a 49-foot (15-meter) cabin cruiser, sank with 20 people aboard after being hit by a wave and capsizing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026

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