: a shallow-draft boat driven by an airplane propeller and steered by an airplane rudder
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Del Rey, 39, and Jeremy Dufrene, a captain of an airboat tour company, reportedly tied the knot during a backyard ceremony in Louisiana on Sept. 26, according to Page Six.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2024
This happened when the airboat's driver took a sharp turn to try to see an alligator in the water, according to multiple reports.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
Larson, a research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, and Alicia Carhart, Mississippi River vegetation specialist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, surveyed the plants by airboat in mid-September.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
Lana Del Rey may be seeing an airboat captain/swamp-tour guide.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2024
This happened when the airboat's driver took a sharp turn to try to see an alligator in the water, according to multiple reports.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
Larson, a research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, and Alicia Carhart, Mississippi River vegetation specialist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, surveyed the plants by airboat in mid-September.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
Lana Del Rey may be seeing an airboat captain/swamp-tour guide.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Airboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airboat. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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