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Recent Examples of seaplane
Visitors can experience the thrill of a splash landing and treat themselves to incredible aerial views of the area during seaplane tours.
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Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
By Rachel Davies Duff McKagan in a Ray Stowers of Savile Row custom suit and Susan Holmes-McKagan in Dolce & Gabbana on their seaplane in Lake Washington.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024
Located 70 miles off the coast of Key West, this remote national park is only accessible by ferry, seaplane, or personal boat.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2025
Florida’s lake towns brim with charm, especially in Lake County, home to the antiquing magnet of Mt. Dora and nearby Tavares, where seaplanes splash down on regular flight-seeing outings with Jones Brothers Air & Seaplane Tours.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 21 Feb. 2025
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Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
By Rachel Davies Duff McKagan in a Ray Stowers of Savile Row custom suit and Susan Holmes-McKagan in Dolce & Gabbana on their seaplane in Lake Washington.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024
Located 70 miles off the coast of Key West, this remote national park is only accessible by ferry, seaplane, or personal boat.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2025
Florida’s lake towns brim with charm, especially in Lake County, home to the antiquing magnet of Mt. Dora and nearby Tavares, where seaplanes splash down on regular flight-seeing outings with Jones Brothers Air & Seaplane Tours.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaplane
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The scientists removed a gene that controls the production of thyroxine, a hormone that regulates the amphibians’ metamorphosis.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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But instead of controlling destructive sugar cane beetle populations, the amphibians quickly became their own ecological catastrophe.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
10 Apr. 2025
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In 2001, Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, became the first federal death row inmate executed in almost 40 years.—
Kristin Wright,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
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On the gurney, the 33-year-old bomber appeared as though life had begun to leave him before the lethal mix of chemicals entered his body.—
Kevin Johnson,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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As a biplane climbs to 8,500 feet, on a gloomy afternoon in April 1933, Swan’s daredevil plan is to leap from the metal hopper beneath the lower wing, drop through the clouds, and, at the precise moment the rocket in his backpack ignites, explode up into space.—
Howard Blum,
airmail.news,
15 Feb. 2025
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The locations for the shoot include Patagonia, the streets of Tokyo, and an ancient Middle Eastern city, with stunts including a spectacular biplane maneuver that shows off the daredevil side of Cruise, who famously does his own stunts.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2024
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Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.—
Jamie Turner,
cleveland.com,
16 July 2019
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The United States has moved additional warplanes into the region.—
Guy Faulconbridge and Parisa Hafezi,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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China has delivered additional warplanes and drones to the junta to abet this effort.—
Ye Myo Hein,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Apr. 2025
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The jet was assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 136.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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The two airman inside the jet were said to have escaped safely.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2025
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Before becoming the 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush received training on the Avenger TBF/TBM torpedo bomber at NAS Ft. Lauderdale from June 16 to Aug. 16, 1943.—
Lauren Ferrer,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2024
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Several hundred aircraft would assemble, including dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter planes, such as the P38 Lightnings, F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs and P-40 Warhawks.—
Linda McIntosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2023
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Soaring wings are long, like gliders, and there are two types of soaring wings.—
Ernie Cowan,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2025
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The pilot of a small glider plane has died after crashing near an airport in southern Connecticut, state police announced Saturday.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Seaplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaplane. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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