pontoon

Example Sentences

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She started the tournament to combat the fish after getting smacked by a carp while driving a pontoon boat 20 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Rescue teams from Thursday used earth moving equipment on a pontoon to dredge a channel through the sand to allow the animal to escape.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Fishing: At Trinity Lake, you can rent a deck boat, pontoon boat or houseboat and try your hand at catching large and smallmouth bass, rainbow trout and Kokanee salmon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

But BBC Verify has identified new pontoon bridges - temporary, floating crossings, quickly constructed and used in the absence of permanent structures - over the river, apparently constructed by Russian forces.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024

The damaged silk sleigh had been hauled back to its pavilion, and there it lay forlorn, one pontoon deflated.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor