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pontoon

[pon-toon] / pɒnˈtun /
NOUN
float
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She said Magnus had been "quite happily" based on a pontoon at Findochty.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

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

The dressing station was on the Austrian side of the river under the edge of the hill and stretcher-bearers would bring the wounded back across the pontoon bridge.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway




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