pontoon

Example Sentences

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There are no pleasure boats on our stretches of the Mississippi — no party pontoons or families pulling wakeboarders behind rented powerboats.

From Los Angeles Times

The animal, dubbed Thor, arrived in the Northumberland harbour at about midday on Monday where he rested on a pontoon.

From BBC

Russian forces took over both places not long after their full-scale invasion began, and have severed pontoon bridges over a river and built layers of defensive lines to shore up the front.

From New York Times

Because the Russians blew up the bridge connecting two sides of the city as they fled, the first passengers to return disembarked the train and crossed the river by pontoon.

From New York Times

Zelensky said some Russians remained behind, perhaps because they had missed the final, chaotic retreat across the river on crude barges and makeshift pontoon bridges.

From Washington Post