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Recent Examples of seaplane
For one thing, the woodsy spread rests along 300 feet of water frontage on the eastern shores of Lake Washington and boasts a nearly 2,200-square-foot dock that can accommodate boats and seaplanes.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2025
Even today, in places like the Pacific Northwest, there are regular seaplane services not only to isolated islands, but between the centers of cities like Seattle and Victoria, British Columbia.
—New Atlas, 13 Feb. 2025
Booking a seaplane tour is one of the most extraordinary and unforgettable ways to experience the area.
—Emily Lapointe, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2025
Visitors can experience the thrill of a splash landing and treat themselves to incredible aerial views of the area during seaplane tours.
—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2025
Even today, in places like the Pacific Northwest, there are regular seaplane services not only to isolated islands, but between the centers of cities like Seattle and Victoria, British Columbia.
—New Atlas, 13 Feb. 2025
Booking a seaplane tour is one of the most extraordinary and unforgettable ways to experience the area.
—Emily Lapointe, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2025
Visitors can experience the thrill of a splash landing and treat themselves to incredible aerial views of the area during seaplane tours.
—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaplane
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Join 2 others in the comments View Comments This latest research reveals that, similar to birds and amphibians, turtles also rely on dual magnetoreception systems, which could provide further insights into other migratory vertebrates.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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Because birds and amphibians are only distantly related to sea turtles, Goforth and her colleagues think that magnetic compasses and maps might be a common feature in the vertebrate travel toolbox.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
12 Feb. 2025
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Inuit started living here full-time in the 1940s and 1950s, when the U.S. military hired them to help build a navigation tower and a radar station to detect Soviet bombers coming over the pole.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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Law enforcement sources told The Times that the bomber used a very large amount of explosives — so much that the bomb shredded his remains.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2025
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Mission: Impossible film sees Tom Cruise dangling from a biplane and going underwater to defeat an all-powerful AI.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
18 May 2025
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In his eighth and possibly last installment, The Final Reckoning, in theaters May 23, Impossible Missions Force agent Ethan Hunt hangs from and crawls along the wings of a 1940s-era biplane zooming above South Africa’s Drakensberg mountain range.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
1 May 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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During the stop, a Russian warplane briefly crossed into NATO airspace, prompting a scramble by allied jets.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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Aircraft carriers Carl Vinson and Harry S. Truman are launching warplanes to combat Houthi rebels in Yemen.—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
18 Apr. 2025
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The San Diego Fire Department said that the fire at the crash site was caused by leaking jet fuel, which was why an evacuation of the area was a top priority.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Getty Images Airlines are facing an uphill battle during peak travel season as delivery delays at Boeing and Airbus fuel a commercial jet shortage.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
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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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From this patch onward, gliding will be performed using a glider rather than with Pals.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Seattle's bike, scooter and glider ridership has surged, with this month's trips up 138% citywide and 146% in South Lake Union compared with the same period in 2024, a Lime spokesperson told Axios in an email.—
Christine Clarridge,
Axios,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Seaplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaplane. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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