houseboat
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houseboats
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verb (used without object)
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The spokesperson said she owns a houseboat near the boats she boarded in Sausalito and, not being of sound mind, believed she was on a vessel she owned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Nenna, an unemployed 32-year-old musician, lives in a leaky houseboat with her two young daughters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
In May, the Green Party admitted Polanski may have failed to pay council tax on the houseboat, which was his home until recently.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Matt Gibson, 52, moors his sage-green houseboat, bedecked with plants, on the Regent's Canal near central London.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Then I showed them the photo of her parents on the houseboat.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
After declining in use, "a restoration movement came about in the '60s" and people began to live on canal houseboats, Clarke said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
According to local news outlets, Redwood City council told people living in houseboats in the marina to leave because the boats were blocking public access to a state waterway.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2024
Several residents were evacuated from houseboats and caravans at the nearby Billing Aquadrome.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
It is laid out across 30 hectares of land between Dal Lake, which is famous for its houseboats, and the Zabarwan hills.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
The rows of houseboats sit anchored near faded wooden docks, and each one’s a little different.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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