motorboat
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
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Three months ago, the only thing John Tortorella planned to do in the spring was purchase a 24-foot motorboat to take his grandchildren fishing in Florida.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Adrienne Vaughan, 45, the head of the US branch of Bloomsbury publishing house, died after she was flung from the motorboat in the holiday hotspot in southern Italy in August 2023.
From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025
On a recent morning, Miller steered a motorboat to the islands where gulls nest.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025
A group of women in floral dresses puttered out to meet the Warrior on a bum-bum, an inboard motorboat.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
He heard a motorboat coming down the canal so he sank down in the boat and waited for it to pass.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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