pontoon

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Recent Examples of pontoon Explore more than 75 boats, including pontoons, deck boats and bow riders from more than a dozen top brands. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Ski Patrol rents ski boats and pontoons ($225 for two hours) as well as jet skis ($180 for two hours). Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 22 May 2025 Under Canvas Grand Canyon is well situated near the Mather Point and Grandview Point lookouts, while Under Canvas Lake Powell-Grand Staircase is a great launch spot for those looking to take a pontoon boat tour through the breathtaking slot canyons. Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 28 June 2025 The tree as a whole matches the seed in scale: the leaves grow up to 33 feet long, the length of a pontoon boat. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for pontoon
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Noun
  • There happened to be a canoe in Sarah’s carport, in Pittsboro.
    Jessica Pishko, New Yorker, 15 July 2025
  • In 1974, Margaret and Harold Hedges, brothers Stewart and Steve Noland, and Coleman Holt climbed into three canoes to put in at Dixon Ford to become the first people known to run this stretch of the Buffalo River.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • On yachts, water access—swimming, jet-skiing, snorkeling or just landing on a deserted beach with the dinghy—is also a key differentiator from a cruise ship.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 13 July 2025
  • Miller was able to get back on the dinghy, but the younger Erdman punched him several times in the face, the report states.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Others included people who jumped off piers, were washed off piers, or fell out of boats or kayaks while not wearing life jackets.
    Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 21 July 2025
  • Just offshore, the sea still feels part of daily life, with ferries and kayaks connecting the urban with the wild.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • Newton enlisted the help of his younger brother and a friend, who agreed to follow along behind him in a rowboat with food and other supplies.
    Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 6 July 2025
  • Adventure intel: Green Lake, the larger of the two, has a sandy public beach with swimming access and a boat house that rents rowboats and kayaks (from $12 an hour).
    Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • One day floating in a small raft in the Pacific turned into six weeks, with little food, less water and even less hope of being found.
    Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
  • For the past four days, Jonathan McComb has climbed into inflatable Zodiac rafts or hiked along the flood-scarred banks of the Guadalupe River, poking through brambles and uprooted trees, looking for victims.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Participants must bring their own watercraft, personal flotation device, whistle, and a white electric light.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2025
  • Deployed at anchor, this rear extension features water toys, personal watercraft, seabobs and a pool with protective netting for ocean swims.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • Watkins eased our skiff through a mangrove swamp of squawking and soaring red-footed boobies and frigatebirds numbering in the tens of thousands.
    Kevin Gepford, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Beyond, two men in straw hats share a skiff, an image of blissful communion.
    James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • After the travel party’s homemade catamaran flipped, leaving the group to drift in the ocean for over 24 hours, Rockefeller strapped empty gasoline cans to his waist and swam for help.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
  • The firm’s bet on the high-tech, high-speed world of foiling catamarans signals growing investor confidence in SailGP’s model, a centralized league shifting rapidly to private franchise ownership.
    Asli Pelit, New York Times, 18 June 2025

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“Pontoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pontoon. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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