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Passengers will sail on the American Symphony, a nearly new riverboat with decor that has nautical blue-and-white touches.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 May 2025
His younger brother Henry, who followed him into the riverboat line, had been blown up in a boiler explosion in June of 1858, not even a full year before the first of these parodies was published.
—John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
In the meantime, the riverboats are dry-docked at an area recycling yard.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
An educational 25-minute riverboat cruise also runs further up the Weeki Wachee river and teaches visitors about native plants and animals, and the environmental threats to the springs (like fertilizer runoff from golf courses).
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 May 2025
His younger brother Henry, who followed him into the riverboat line, had been blown up in a boiler explosion in June of 1858, not even a full year before the first of these parodies was published.
—John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
In the meantime, the riverboats are dry-docked at an area recycling yard.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
An educational 25-minute riverboat cruise also runs further up the Weeki Wachee river and teaches visitors about native plants and animals, and the environmental threats to the springs (like fertilizer runoff from golf courses).
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Riverboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riverboat. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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riverboat
noun
riv·er·boat
-ˌbōt 
: a boat used (as for carrying passengers or freight) on a river
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