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Recent Examples of hovercraft
Despite all the hard thinking, hovercraft have yet to catch on and are still rarely used for Arctic travel and research.
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Paul Bierman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
The massive search also involved airboats, hovercraft and individual community volunteers.
—CBS News, 18 June 2024
The organization has so far lent airboats and a hovercraft to Strain's case.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024
Griffon has delivered more than 180 hovercraft to over 41 countries over the past half-century but says this was one of its biggest deals to date.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2023
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Paul Bierman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
The massive search also involved airboats, hovercraft and individual community volunteers.
—CBS News, 18 June 2024
The organization has so far lent airboats and a hovercraft to Strain's case.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024
Griffon has delivered more than 180 hovercraft to over 41 countries over the past half-century but says this was one of its biggest deals to date.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hovercraft
Noun
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Once travelers get to New Orleans, they’ll be greeted with plenty of amazing places to stay, incredible food, and fun things to do from riding a streetcar to a swamp airboat tour, taking a ghost tour and more ahead of the big game.—
Alison Fox,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Jan. 2025
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Del Rey and Jeremy Dufrene, a captain of an airboat tour company, were filmed holding hands at the Reading Festival in England.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
Fox News,
29 Aug. 2024
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Steer clear of puddles - Driving into puddles or low areas of rainwater can cause vehicles to hydroplane or skid out of control.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
8 Mar. 2025
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Keep clear of puddles - Driving through puddles or low rainwater areas can cause vehicles to hydroplane or skid out of control Give ample space to large vehicles - Trucks or buses can create a water spray that diminishes visibility.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Mar. 2025
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On July 20, 1775, Major Joseph Vose and sixty Continental soldiers landed on Little Brewster in nimble whaleboats.—
Dorothy Wickenden,
The New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2023
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When a prime specimen was chosen, the men set off in a whaleboat rowed by a crew.—
Nancy Lord,
Anchorage Daily News,
12 Nov. 2022
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However, the special $3 PATH ferry tickets people received expired overnight and are not refundable.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Because of its ferry port with daily departures to Denmark, Kristiansand makes an obvious choice for an overnight break as part of a longer Scandinavian road trip.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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These are hovering electric boat planes — known as electric hydrofoil craft — that will be able to dash over the water from Dubai to Abu Dhabi in just half an hour, with services expected from 2027.—
Nicole Kobie,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Like electric vehicles, electric vessels like Arc's sport boats or Candela's hydrofoils require vastly less maintenance because of their simpler powertrains.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PCMAG,
13 Jan. 2025
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Rose’s father, Kommer, is among the few billionaires in the field, thanks to his idea of introducing standardization and modular manufacturing from the car industry to building workboats, which shorten delivery times and reduce production costs.—
Zinnia Lee,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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With little overt military value, Australia’s cheap-but-robust commercial workboats are subject to fierce debate.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes,
3 May 2023
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“Hovercraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hovercraft. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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