surfboat
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In a release, the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation said that it would work together with New York State Police, increasing staffing and deploying patrol and surfboats to monitor the area.
From Fox News
Out of the darkness, the first of the surfboats came at last, the waves thrusting it toward the shore, and we ran into the water to guide it onto the rocky beach.
From Literature
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Under cover of darkness, Hamilton and his crew had rowed to shore from his navy ship in a small surfboat to drop off the agents.
From BBC
The warning was unnecessary, for the Canarios were already crouching forward in the surfboats bottom, and as Austin sprang in among them there was a whirr and a crash.
From Project Gutenberg
His gang of boys was hustling cargo out of her in surfboats, and both boys and boats were the handiest and ablest that could be found anywhere for that ticklish work.
From Project Gutenberg
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