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Recent Examples of pontoon
For a more relaxed pace, rent a pontoon boat and motor around this beautiful mountain lake.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 25 June 2025
Rent kayaks, paddleboards or pontoon boats onsite to access the best secluded spots.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2025
Rentals for kayaks, paddleboards or pontoon boats available.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2025
Book an inexpensive two-hour pontoon boat tour up the Indian River Lagoon.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2025
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 25 June 2025
Rent kayaks, paddleboards or pontoon boats onsite to access the best secluded spots.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2025
Rentals for kayaks, paddleboards or pontoon boats available.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2025
Book an inexpensive two-hour pontoon boat tour up the Indian River Lagoon.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pontoon
Noun
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There happened to be a canoe in Sarah’s carport, in Pittsboro.—
Jessica Pishko,
New Yorker,
15 July 2025
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In 1974, Margaret and Harold Hedges, brothers Stewart and Steve Noland, and Coleman Holt climbed into three canoes to put in at Dixon Ford to become the first people known to run this stretch of the Buffalo River.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Decorate a patriotic dinghy 12 feet and under and enter the parade.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 July 2025
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Or rather, the slow, clinging descent down the dinghy’s slippery three-step ladder into what might as well have been a black hole, the water was so opaque.—
Billie Cohen,
AFAR Media,
30 Apr. 2025
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Tina Hambly, the 55-year-old mother of Joyce's best friend and roommate, helped with the search for the college friends using a kayak oar to poke at branches and other debris.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
7 July 2025
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Oru Lake Kayak for $399 (100 off) Oru Kayak Oru's foldable kayaks are genius—all the boat, none of the size.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Newton enlisted the help of his younger brother and a friend, who agreed to follow along behind him in a rowboat with food and other supplies.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
6 July 2025
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Adventure intel: Green Lake, the larger of the two, has a sandy public beach with swimming access and a boat house that rents rowboats and kayaks (from $12 an hour).—
Jen Murphy,
Outside Online,
22 May 2025
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Search and Rescue is a volunteer on-the-ground team that uses drones, K-9 units, rafts, and more to comb large areas in the aftermath of natural disasters.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
7 July 2025
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Brown provided the raft for the group’s protest and followed along in a van, while another vehicle trailed with emergency lights flashing.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2025
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Participants must bring their own watercraft, personal flotation device, whistle, and a white electric light.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 July 2025
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About a week after the drowning, a rescue operation saved a rider who was in distress after falling off his personal watercraft near the state’s North Point Marina in Winthrop Harbor.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Beyond, two men in straw hats share a skiff, an image of blissful communion.—
James Meyer,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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And today there’s a big casino with roller skating where Old Man Dill used to moor the three leaky skiffs which comprised his boat livery.—
Ted Janes,
Outdoor Life,
29 May 2025
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This is a dish speaking to the bounty of gorgeous tomatoes that are in peak season come July and through August, and was a joint creation between Miky and Chef Daris Sanae, who works aboard Cat Tua, his 77’ Lagoon catamaran, that’s sailing the Mediterranean this summer.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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For the more energetically inclined, complimentary paddleboards, kayaks, catamarans, and snorkelling gear are available to rent.—
Alli Forde,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2025
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“Pontoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pontoon. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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