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The sheriff’s office said the family had been boating in Islamorada when the anchor line of their boat became caught in the propeller.

From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2020

That young person and Mr. Locker had been boating that afternoon, and Olive had had the oars.

From The Captain's Toll-Gate by Stockton, Frank Richard

When I got home I was surprised to hear that the family had been boating the previous evening, and that there had scarcely been any wind during the day.

From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore

A small ladder still hung there, for there had been boating and bathing just before dinner, and there was sure to be more or less fishing whenever the weather was favorable.

From In the Footprints of the Padres by Stoddard, Charles Warren

There had been boating and swimming and tennis and "a deuced pretty girl" down there at the resort where he had been recuperating, and yet he was glad to be back.

From The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces by Broun, Heywood