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Recent Examples of seaplane
One option is to hop on a seaplane—many guests staying at luxury resorts will arrive this way.
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Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
In addition to private boats, several seaplane and ferry routes to the island throughout the summer.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Beyond the typical sightseeing bus, travelers can join Copenhagen tours by canal boat, bicycle or even seaplane for a fresh perspective.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Those who are a little more daring will enjoy the Kettle Falls Hotel, a property that is only accessible by boat or seaplane.
—Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Apr. 2025
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Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
In addition to private boats, several seaplane and ferry routes to the island throughout the summer.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Beyond the typical sightseeing bus, travelers can join Copenhagen tours by canal boat, bicycle or even seaplane for a fresh perspective.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Those who are a little more daring will enjoy the Kettle Falls Hotel, a property that is only accessible by boat or seaplane.
—Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaplane
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My goal was to spot something rare—without assistance—among the 610 bird species and more than 700 different species of fish, mammal, reptile, and amphibian in Yasuní.—
Noah Lederman,
Robb Report,
3 Jan. 2026
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Reptile and amphibian facts Often mixed up, reptiles and amphibians are different in many ways.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
9 Dec. 2025
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My journey to complete the nuclear triad took me aboard both a B-52 and a B-2 stealth bomber, down into a Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile silo and deep beneath the waves on a ballistic missile submarine.—
Naveed Jamali,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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And as federal agents and local police wrongly focussed on Richard Jewell, a security guard who had spotted the suspicious package and should have been hailed as a hero, the real bomber disappeared.—
John Archibald,
New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Utopia of the Seas itself features non-JoJo amenities like ice-skating shows, a full casino, and a biplane over the ship’s boardwalk.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
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The mission will require plumbing the depths for a sunken Russian sub, hanging from the wing of a biplane – and no less than an aircraft carrier.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2025
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The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2024
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Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.—
Jamie Turner,
cleveland.com,
16 July 2019
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The recent drone escalation appears minor compared with the scale of the war that Putin began in 2022, when hundreds of thousands of Russian troops, tanks, and warplanes poured into Ukraine.—
Andrew Ryvkin,
The Atlantic,
14 Oct. 2025
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That morphed following its devastating 1980s war with Iraq into more of an effort to provide a level of deterrence as Arab nations around it purchased sophisticated American bombs, warplanes and tanks that Tehran couldn’t access due to sanctions.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Rare earths and the magnets made from them are used heavily by militaries in weapons like fighter jets, drones and missiles, and are also critical for manufacturing goods such as smartphones and electric vehicles.—
Josh Xiao Bloomberg,
Arkansas Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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Fighter jets bombed strategic targets in Panama City and Colón, while ground forces dismantled the Panamanian Defense Forces.—
Cristina Guevara,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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Before becoming the 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush received training on the Avenger TBF/TBM torpedo bomber at NAS Ft. Lauderdale from June 16 to Aug. 16, 1943.—
Lauren Ferrer,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2024
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Several hundred aircraft would assemble, including dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter planes, such as the P38 Lightnings, F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs and P-40 Warhawks.—
Linda McIntosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2023
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To start with, Miles comes with a motorbike and Green Goblin comes on his glider.—
Kim Snaith,
Space.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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Upon arrival, police and emergency services discovered a woman in her early 50s and a Tasmanian man in his mid-60s who appeared to be the pilot of the two-seater glider.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
28 Dec. 2025
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“Seaplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaplane. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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