: a shallow-draft boat driven by an airplane propeller and steered by an airplane rudder
Examples of airboat in a Sentence
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An airboat tour in the Florida Everglades capsized sending passengers overboard on Friday, officials say.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
This summer, the lake’s stagnant waters became a hotspot for wild birds and caused an outbreak of avian botulism that forced wildlife officials to patrol on airboats daily and collect hundreds of dead birds.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2024
Nine people were rescued by airboat, four people were rescued by local authorities and the other seven were able to rescue themselves, according to an update by the Coast Guard.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
The organization has so far lent airboats and a hovercraft to Strain's case.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024
Go alligator spotting on an airboat tour through the Everglades.
—Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2024
Personal airboats, swamp buggies and all-terrain vehicles are not allowed inside the park.
—Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Tommie sat in the cab of a purple airboat, filming with a camcorder as his friend carved through the estuarine maze.
—Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
The man was then taken from the ice by airboat to an awaiting ambulance and taken to the Cass Lake Indian Services Hospital where lifesaving efforts were continued.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2024
Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
This summer, the lake’s stagnant waters became a hotspot for wild birds and caused an outbreak of avian botulism that forced wildlife officials to patrol on airboats daily and collect hundreds of dead birds.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2024
Nine people were rescued by airboat, four people were rescued by local authorities and the other seven were able to rescue themselves, according to an update by the Coast Guard.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
The organization has so far lent airboats and a hovercraft to Strain's case.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024
Go alligator spotting on an airboat tour through the Everglades.
—Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2024
Personal airboats, swamp buggies and all-terrain vehicles are not allowed inside the park.
—Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Tommie sat in the cab of a purple airboat, filming with a camcorder as his friend carved through the estuarine maze.
—Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
The man was then taken from the ice by airboat to an awaiting ambulance and taken to the Cass Lake Indian Services Hospital where lifesaving efforts were continued.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2024
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“Airboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airboat. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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