flatboat

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Recent Examples of flatboat As many as a quarter of all flatboats wrecked en route to New Orleans. Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024 Broadhorn was another name for a flatboat — square of bow, shallow of draft and requiring little in the way of construction expertise — because the long, curved steering oars were wielded from atop the cabin and appeared like giant horns at a squint. Ben McGrath, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022 Travel writer Rinker Buck built a flatboat and traveled from Pittsburgh to New Orleans on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Monitor Reviewers, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2022 An adventure historian builds a 19th-century flatboat and sails it down the Mississippi River. Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for flatboat 
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Noun
  • The 2028 Games will be spread throughout Southern California and stretch as far south as Temecula — about 90 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles — and as far east as Oklahoma City, about 1,300 miles away, where softball and canoe slalom will be held.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • For now, the skeleton of a female humpback whale is laid out on the floor of the lighthouse, and three canoes are propped up in one wing of the old building.
    John Bartlett, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Colorful traditional wooden outrigger canoes called pirogues line the beach where men spend hours mending their nets.
    Sira Thierij, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
  • As the team began to pull up its fishing nets, the pirogue pitched sharply.
    Jack Thompson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024
Noun
  • Founder Christopher Columbus Smith built his first wooden boat, a skiff, in 1874, as a 13-year-old growing up on the St. Clair River in Algonac, Michigan.
    Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Located an hour’s drive south of the city, this outfit takes oyster lovers out into the beautiful ACE Basin estuary on a 20-foot skiff.
    Lauren Mowery, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Emily finds Camille at the House of Monet, where in exactly 72 hours, Camille has managed to become a volunteer with rowboat access.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Two construction workers at a nearby home, identified by Westford Animal Control as Kris and Nate, got into a rowboat to respond.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Huang announced a raft of new chips, software and services, aiming to stay at the forefront of artificial intelligence computing.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
  • From the region: Syria’s interim government has ordered a raft of changes to the country’s school curriculum — including editing the textbooks.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Cruise Arkansas River Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center will host pontoon boat trips on the Arkansas River from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 8-9.
    Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Patagonia Lake State Park Length: 1.5-mile hike or a pontoon boat tour.
    Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The company offered two-hour sessions with elephants that included activities ranging from cooking classes to kayak sessions.
    Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Take a kayak trip to the island’s many disparate aquatic ecosystems from salt marshes to the intracoastal waterway.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • One of Snorkel Park’s best aspects is that the beach has ample amenities to rent, including snorkel equipment, paddleboats, kayaks, sun umbrellas, lounge chairs, and cabanas.
    Sandy Allen, AFAR Media, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The current mural is composed of five historical scenes, beginning in the upper left- hand corner with the depiction of the paddleboat Wanderer that hauled cargo on the New River in the late 1800s.
    Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025

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“Flatboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatboat. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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