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inboards

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plural of inboard

as in outboards

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The event will feature some 40 wooden-hull vessels ranging from powerboats to sailboats and custom wooden craft.

— Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 1 June 2026
These are all places where anglers, waterskiers, and other lake users have been running powerboats for more than 100 years.

— Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026

Definition of powerboats

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French gendarmes buzzed around in motorboats off the coast of Evian on Saturday, and one officer hoisted up a bulky drone-interception device in a display of the security measures being rolled out for the summit.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 June 2026
Instead, Chinese Indonesian studio operators worked with Javanese painters to produce popular backdrops of local Indonesian landscapes—featuring scenery such as palm trees and volcanoes—with modern instruments like radios and motorboats serving as props.

— H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of motorboats

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Two men were badly burned—one died, and the other remains hospitalized—and the Fiorella’s owners lost two more skiffs.

— Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
The same skiffs also take you to nearby lakes for a spot of swimming or piranha fishing; and on visits to remote villages.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2026

Definition of skiffs

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When Paul Revere came to Portsmouth with news that the British were headed toward the fort, Cheswill rode to Exeter to help spread the news and build rafts to defend Portsmouth Harbor.

— Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026
Bring your innertubes and rafts or borrow some and enjoy a family-friendly movie under the stars.

— Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2026

Definition of rafts

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His anti-immigration message has shifted from focusing on Polish plumbers to asylum seekers in dinghies.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 June 2026
When the Resolution had arrived at Tanna, Cook had followed his usual practice and drawn two lines in the sand to mark out an area which the crew would use for landing their dinghies.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026

Definition of dinghies

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View of model sailboats displayed in the windows of homes, Monhegan Island, Maine, 1979.

— Caroline Reilly, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Though an improvement from sailboats of previous generations, VELA’s massive ship isn’t exactly what most would call lightning fast.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 25 June 2026

Definition of sailboats

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