snowmobile
Americannoun
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snowmobiles
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verb (used without object)
noun
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It features a snowmobile adventure and a trip to the ER for their son Patrick, who was diagnosed with severe constipation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
An eight-year-old Queensland girl has been killed after she was seriously injured in a snowmobile accident at a Japanese ski resort.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
"A snowmobile would quickly break down under these conditions," the 55-year-old Dane said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
In past professional lives, he has been a snowmobile guide, hot dog vendor, dog walker, wilderness trip leader, and bike courier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
The ground tilted, and the snowmobile slid slowly away from them, finally stopping with a little wobble.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Introducing electric snowmobiles required the outfitter to come up with tours that cover less ground in search of reindeer, elk and ptarmigan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
They drove snowmobiles across ice-covered terrain, navigating blizzards and high winds as they travelled for hours between remote northern communities.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Polaris CEO Michael Speetzen, whose company makes snowmobiles, boats and three-wheel motorcycles, said as much at a conference this month.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
Potential applications include industrial equipment, agricultural machinery, aerospace systems, mobile power generation equipment, off road vehicles such as snowmobiles and motorcycles, and marine vehicles including jet skis.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
It hid the tracks of the drivers in front of me—also, the trail the snowmobiles had cleared out for us.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
The Sunday before last, Blake DeBok snowmobiled out to nine wild horses he was told were stranded in deep snow north of Mammoth Lakes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
Just a few miles from where Mlaskoch nearly died and on the dame day, Chabot snowmobiled through the forest then clipped into skis to climb a steep slope.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
When Karlsen snowmobiled across the land between Longyearbyen and Ispallen he drove through an area named for generations of mining investors.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 18, 2019
Last winter, Cynthia Erickson snowmobiled an old propane stove to her summer hunting camp, 50 miles northwest of Tanana on the Tozitna River.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2017
After he struggled into the tight gear at the airport, they snowmobiled home and made a fire.
From Washington Post
Visitors to the area enjoy activities such as hiking, birdwatching and snowmobiling.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
A trailer shows Duffy, his wife and their nine children skiing, snowmobiling and riding waterslides, alongside shots of St. Louis’ Gateway Arch, Boston’s Fenway Park and San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
In 2009, she shattered her kneecap in a snowmobiling accident and required eight surgeries, but she recovered in time to compete at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
“Nick wanted to show me where he went snowmobiling during the winter,’’ Rizzs recalled.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
In Whitehorse, the capital of Yukon, November brought a warm-weather stint, delaying the icy conditions necessary for ice fishing, snowmobiling and ice skating.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023
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