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hydroplane

[hahy-druh-pleyn] / ˈhaɪ drəˌpleɪn /
NOUN
racing boat
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Mr Smith eventually walked away and handed the hydroplane to the Ruskin Museum.

From BBC Mar. 10, 2024

The hydroplane was lifted from the lake in 2001 and restored by Tyneside engineer Bill Smith.

From BBC Mar. 10, 2024

Having watched another motorist hydroplane on the main thoroughfare’s wet surface, the couple had detoured off Fourth Plain Boulevard, just to be extra cautious.

From Seattle Times Jan. 23, 2024

Schumacher was just a teenager when he got his first seat in an unlimited hydroplane, driving the Cutie Radio in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

From Seattle Times Aug. 31, 2023

"And don't forget we're going up in the hydroplane tomorrow morning at nine o'clock."

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

H1 Unlimited called the new boat “one of the most technologically advanced Unlimited hydroplanes ever constructed” in a news release Wednesday, saying it is a “composite craft, utilizing carbon fiber and other advanced materials.”

From Seattle Times May 29, 2024

Some participants drove runabouts that slice through the water, while others used hydroplanes, which glide over it.

From Seattle Times Apr. 27, 2024

Gunnar’s boat racing career started as so many do, building J-stock outboard hydroplanes at the museum with his grandfather and his sister.

From Seattle Times Aug. 4, 2023

Outside of the HomeStreet Bank Cup competition, you can spot vintage hydroplanes on the water and catch 9- to 16-year-olds racing at up to 40 mph in the junior hydroplane races.

From Seattle Times Aug. 3, 2023

It is not only in naval hydroplanes that we must have superiority.

From The Mastery of the Air by William J. Claxton

A man in San Mateo County died Thursday after his vehicle hydroplaned and struck a tree, becoming the first storm-related death, according to Brian Ferguson, a spokesperson for the governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 7, 2024

The Fairfield Police Department said in a statement that the woman apparently hit a patch of standing water and hydroplaned, crashing into a nearby utility pole.

From Washington Post Jan. 4, 2023

In addition to the drowning deaths, a 38-year-old man in Lake County died on Wednesday when his car hydroplaned.

From New York Times Sep. 30, 2022

The next batter, Andrew Vaughan, hit a groundball that hydroplaned to third baseman Eugenio Suarez, who misplayed it.

From Seattle Times Apr. 13, 2022

When he got into the wreck, he thought he hydroplaned.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

In Garfield County, Okla., severe weather destroyed some barns, felled trees and sent cars hydroplaning into ditches, but no one was injured, said Mike Honigsberg, the emergency management director for the county.

From New York Times May 6, 2024

Still, it was raining, and as an L.A. native, even a light shower has me fearful of hydroplaning.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 27, 2023

Even after the ice is gone, drivers often crash while hydroplaning.

From Seattle Times Dec. 23, 2022

Authorities have determined a vehicle hydroplaning on the rain-slick highway caused the fatal accident.

From Washington Times Aug. 7, 2019

As to substance, she truly believed that the accident had been caused by the weather, hydroplaning.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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