motorboat
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motorboats
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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
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
All that cargo, plus the residents—many of them elderly, ailing, or pregnant—had to be lifted from a motorboat to the deck of the Warrior.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
When Zeitoun got back to 5010 Claiborne, he saw a blue-and-white motorboat tied to the porch.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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
Unusually warm waters off Florida’s southwest coast powered the storm as it made landfall north of Fort Myers, tossing motorboats like toys, pulverizing mobile homes and gutting beach resorts.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
Some of the younger fishermen, those who used buoys as floats for their lines and had motorboats, bought when the shark livers had brought much money, spoke of her as el mar which is masculine.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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