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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

She describes being surprised in March the following year when she was asked by the museum's trustees to mediate with Mr Smith, who harboured ambitions to run the hydroplane across the globe.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2024

Hampton Cup Regatta organizers canceled that event in Virginia saying the forecast wasn’t optimal for hydroplane racing or Friday evening’s concert.

From Seattle Times Sep. 22, 2023

His rise in the sport came at a difficult time in hydroplane racing.

From Seattle Times Aug. 31, 2023

It wouldn’t hydroplane unless it was going one hundred miles an hour.

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

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

Two- and four-cylinder hydroplanes, averaging 8 feet in length and weighing 400 pounds including the driver and engine, sped along the river reaching speeds approaching 60 mph.

From Seattle Times Apr. 27, 2024

The Tri-Cities hosted it in 2015 before it returned to Detroit for three more years until the unlimited hydroplanes stopped racing on the Detroit River.

From Seattle Times Aug. 2, 2023

Navy Blue Angels and more, and the water where hydroplanes will race in the HomeStreet Bank Cup.

From Seattle Times Jul. 27, 2023

"I don't believe much in hydroplanes," old Grimshaw observed to him as he accompanied Dave back to the aero grounds, "but I believe in you, and I will say you made a clever showing."

From Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane by Roy Rockwood

Marmsha Nash, a 19-year-old woman from Fairfield, was killed when her car hydroplaned and hit a utility pole, according to Solano County officials.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 10, 2023

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

The three were traveling southbound on Interstate 35 in Tonkawa, Okla., near the Kansas border, when their Volkswagen Tiguan hydroplaned and became disabled, blocking the outside lane, according to the department of public safety.

From New York Times Apr. 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

The company investigator, Scott Kimbrough, concluded that, no, Reggie had not 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

Abrupt stops may even result in hydroplaning, which will cause you to lose control of your car.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2023

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

From Seattle Times Dec. 23, 2022

The trickiest section to drive was the long, high-speed straight as the drivers risked hydroplaning or not being able to see through the spray kicked up by the cars around them.

From Washington Times May 23, 2021

The quad’s balloon tires cut through the water easily, but he’d have to watch out for hydroplaning, which was just as dangerous as driving on ice.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith




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