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Recent Examples of runabout
Another standout is the side-loading tender bay, which can accommodate a 19-foot runabout.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2024
Falcon offers tenders with hybrid diesel-electric propulsion, so perhaps buyers could opt for a sustainable shuttle that burns less fuel than traditional gas-guzzling runabouts.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2024
After this misfire, in Europe at least, the industry needs to concentrate on what electric technology does best; make cheap urban runabouts that could, like the mobile phone, be successful because the product is affordable and irresistible.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
The boat has the familiar design language of an old Riva runabout—gently cambered bow deck, tumblehome in the after section—though built with modern materials and colors, and adorned nearly everywhere with the Maserati emblem.
—Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 16 July 2024
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2024
Falcon offers tenders with hybrid diesel-electric propulsion, so perhaps buyers could opt for a sustainable shuttle that burns less fuel than traditional gas-guzzling runabouts.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2024
After this misfire, in Europe at least, the industry needs to concentrate on what electric technology does best; make cheap urban runabouts that could, like the mobile phone, be successful because the product is affordable and irresistible.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
The boat has the familiar design language of an old Riva runabout—gently cambered bow deck, tumblehome in the after section—though built with modern materials and colors, and adorned nearly everywhere with the Maserati emblem.
—Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 16 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for runabout
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Behind the range, the white zigzagging veining on the black granite playfully evokes a shark fin or the tail fin of a Jet Age land cruiser like a 1959 Cadillac.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
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But tethered inside the shallow and narrow Santa Cruz Harbor, few of the cruisers, catamarans and yachts were prepared for the fury of this week’s storm surge, which sunk at least 15 vessels and damaged many more.Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024
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The Honda Civic is a compact sedan rated at up to 49 mpg combined, while the Volkswagen ID.Buzz is an electric reinterpretation of the classic microbus.Michael Harley, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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The crash happened about 4 a.m. when a Nissan sedan was traveling west on the I-30 service road and collided with a Dodge pickup truck that was heading south on the 161 service road, police said.Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2025
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Ernest Hemingway patrolled off the coast of Florida in his beloved cabin cruiser the Pilar, and Humphrey Bogart offered up his yacht the Santana, sailing out of Newport Beach, California.David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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In addition to our boat and the three that were brought in safely at Winchester Bay, another, a 17-foot outboard cabin cruiser, swamped on the Columbia River bar off Astoria.Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Runabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runabout. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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