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hydroplane

[hahy-druh-pleyn] / ˈhaɪ drəˌpleɪn /
NOUN
racing boat
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Ryan Burks helped his son Ryder, 11, in and out of the hydroplane they built through the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum’s J-Hydro program.

From Seattle Times Apr. 27, 2024

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

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

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

From Seattle Times Aug. 31, 2023

Evidently he lived in this vicinity for he told me that he had just bought a hydroplane and was going to try it out in the morning.

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

As I took off my racing gear and hydrated, I spotted some modern hydroplanes running practice laps in the distance, preparing for the races later that day.

From Seattle Times Aug. 5, 2023

Pre-pandemic, the F1 Tunnel Boats were the undercard for the unlimited hydroplanes.

From Seattle Times Aug. 5, 2023

They both race 2.5-liter modified hydroplanes, and there will be races where they compete against each other.

From Seattle Times Aug. 4, 2023

But the hydroplanes pull it up and down, two pairs of them set fore and aft of the centre of gravity.

From The Dream Doctor by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

Near the 101 Freeway in Hidden Hills, a number of vehicles hydroplaned as Round Meadow Road flooded near Mureau Road.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 2025

“There was two vehicles traveling toward each other. One hydroplaned on water and it was occupied by four people,” Sgt.

From Seattle Times Aug. 25, 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

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 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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