outboard

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Recent Examples of outboard Tape was ordered, outboard gear obtained, studio time booked. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025 The company intends to offer it as a standalone solution as well as a critical component of its E-Motion 180 inboard and outboard systems. New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024 Regionally, however, the sea level may rise as the crust is not buoyed up outboard of the crustal loading. Carly Miller, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 The 670, with a three-stateroom interior and large cockpit, is powered by five 600 hp Mercury V6 outboards. Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outboard
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Noun
  • The yard’s 43 comes in the Comfort inboard or Race outboard versions.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Vision debuted the 180e inboard system this week at the IBEX international boat show in Tampa, Florida.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The pilot was able to inflate pontoons so the helicopter remained upright on the water and there were no serious injuries, though the passengers were all taken to hospital.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Josey — who was found asleep and alone on the adrift pontoon later that day — still holds a lot of guilt.
    Brianne Tracy, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Francine Kiefer/The Christian Science Monitor About 350 people live on the island, and each family has 3 acres, a motorboat, and a rowboat.
    Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Theirs turned out to be a small motorboat that would take them across the bay.
    Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In one of the most memorable finale scenes, Tanya kills everyone on the yacht and then falls to her death trying to get on a dinghy.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
  • In 1972, Scottish sailor Dougal Robertson and his family survived for 38 days at sea in a small dinghy after killer whales sunk their schooner near the Galapagos Islands.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Hop in a kayak or on a skiff ride for more intimate portraits of the state’s incredible wildlife.
    UnCruise Adventures, AFAR Media, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Erik Heil Germany, one of the newer teams, is led by driver Erik Heil, a two-time bronze medalist in the 49er skiff class.
    Andrew Rice, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Firefighters also returned to the water to get the canoe.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
  • From there, the canoe will continue its circumnavigation of the Pacific Ocean, which began in Alaska in June 2023.
    Brianna Randall, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • What started back in the 1980s as a small gathering of gearheads has grown into a premier West Coast car show, drawing pristine hot rods, retro cruisers, and muscle machines from across the country—and even as far as Australia.
    Cliff Lewis, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The city is an ideal jumping-off point for excursions to the Gulf and San Juan Islands, which are bucket-list destinations for boaters, cruisers, and kayakers.
    Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Rock Creek Lakes Resort on the other side of the lake, has kayak and canoe rentals (as well as a small store and breakfast).
    Jenna Blough, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Go scuba diving, take a glass-bottom boat tour, or paddle a kayak.
    Lisa A. Beach, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2025

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“Outboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outboard. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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