motorboat
Americannoun
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motorboats
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verb (used without object)
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"This whole area was a pond - it was deep enough to take a motorboat fortunately," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
During this year’s “crafting season,” he bought a 12-foot motorboat for $1,000 and transformed it by adding his own roof and a working wood stove.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Vaughan had been on the boat with her husband and two children, aged 12 and eight, and had been sunbathing when the motorboat crashed into a sailboat carrying party-goers.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
This summer, Carle has continued his research at night, setting out in a motorboat on Mono Lake to catch phalaropes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
Mummy never noticed the motorboat was missing, but she sees the bag of fudge when I give it to Taft and Will.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
Security was visibly heightened at the event, with police cruising the canals in motorboats.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Each summer, tens of thousands of people turn out to watch a uniquely Seattle affair: racing motorboats and choreographed flying displays at the Boeing Seafair Air Show.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
The vast majority of the attacks were on sailboats or catamarans, with a handful involving fishing boats and motorboats.
From Scientific American ● May 24, 2023
Under the new policy, hunters on Alaska wildlife preserves would also no longer be able to kill adult wolves and pups in their dens, or use motorboats to shoot swimming caribou.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
I can see Mirren’s hand, her chipped gold nail polish, holding a jug of gas for the motorboats.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
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