runabout

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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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Noun
  • Scott Quigley, then embedded with the Middlesex DA’s office, crashed his cruiser into a wheelchair van in December 2023, injuring a man inside who died at the hospital a month later.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The George Washington entered the Central Command theater with elements of its carrier strike group, including the cruiser USS Robert Smalls and destroyer USS Shoup.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The plant currently serves as the production center for Lucid’s Air sedan and Gravity SUV.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
  • After the crash, police said officers arrested the people inside the white sedan, including a 35-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, who were treated at Northwestern Hospital.
    Todd Feurer, CBS News, 22 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Police officials have released few details about what may have caused the 49-foot cabin cruiser to capsize with 20 people on board.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The incident follows the death of a 26-year-old woman after a 33-foot cabin cruiser motorboat collided with a smaller boat on Lake Michigan, leaving four injured.
    Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Runabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runabout. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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