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as in riverboat
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as in trailer
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Recent Examples of houseboat
Its lush grounds include a historic houseboat, shingled windmill and the thousand-year-old Chinese sarcophagus containing some of Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes.
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Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Another similarly small and mobile option to throw into the mix is life on a houseboat or other type of floating home.
—Berit Thorkelson, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2025
Rates range from 2,500 yuan (about $343) to 14,000 yuan a night for a four-bedroom villa; houseboat rooms go for 4,000 yuan, Mehta said via WeChat.
—Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Others were structures not intended for residential use but which had been cleverly repurposed, such as an industrial barge turned houseboat in Paris.
—Amy Astley, Architectural Digest, 18 Mar. 2025
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Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Another similarly small and mobile option to throw into the mix is life on a houseboat or other type of floating home.
—Berit Thorkelson, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2025
Rates range from 2,500 yuan (about $343) to 14,000 yuan a night for a four-bedroom villa; houseboat rooms go for 4,000 yuan, Mehta said via WeChat.
—Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Others were structures not intended for residential use but which had been cleverly repurposed, such as an industrial barge turned houseboat in Paris.
—Amy Astley, Architectural Digest, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for houseboat
Noun
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In the meantime, the riverboats are dry-docked at an area recycling yard.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2025
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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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One strong gust of wind can be enough to flip one of these trailers onto its side.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
25 May 2025
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Summit then provides a powered trailer hitch, hands free access to the tailgate, a head-up display, and a second wireless phone charger.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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On the eve of the indictments, Juarez posted to social media a picture of a peaceful scene: Himself on a large motorboat, a silver watch on his wrist, with a yellow and orange sun setting on the horizon behind him.—
Jakob Rodgers,
The Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2025
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Francine Kiefer/The Christian Science Monitor About 350 people live on the island, and each family has 3 acres, a motorboat, and a rowboat.—
Francine Kiefer,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 Apr. 2025
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Illicit Gardens employs 200 workers in a 100,000-square-foot growing and production facility, near an RV dealership and a fireworks storage facility.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2025
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Their off-and-on relationship had appeared to come to an end not long before that day, though Crane had stayed at Charles’ home — an RV — the night before.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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The film follows single mother who moves in with her own mother to renovate a fading suburban farmhouse.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Photo : Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty A farmhouse sink for filling vases is tucked into the one corner.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
15 May 2025
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Hannah Smith, 22, fell off a pontoon boat and was dragged into the propeller while on vacation in the Bahamas on May 12, according to AL.com.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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Rent pontoon boats to tour the lush 38-mile Inland Waterway that ends in Lake Huron.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
19 May 2025
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Both the Bay Bridge and Francis Scott Key Bridge are under limited restrictions, meaning no house trailers or empty box trailers are allowed to travel through, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority.—
Dan Belson,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Mar. 2023
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Burglary There was a burglary to a house trailer in the 7300 block of McCormick Boulevard on Jan. 8 in which an unknown person used a pry tool to pry open a door on a mobile trailer.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2023
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According to the Cruise Lines International Association’s 2024 report, the number of younger cruisers has grown over the last two years, with 22% of passengers being millennials and 14% Gen Z.—
Martie Bowser,
Essence,
22 May 2025
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In addition to Illinois, cruisers can also visit Wright sites in another Great Lakes state, Michigan.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
22 May 2025
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“Houseboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/houseboat. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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