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pontoon

[pon-toon] / pɒnˈtun /
NOUN
float
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BRP manufactures Can-Am ATVs and its popular personal watercraft Sea-Doo, which includes the Sea-Doo Switch pontoon boat lineup.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Dozens queued on a pontoon at Fourka waiting to flee as smoke blotted out the sky over the resorts, according to images broadcast by ERT.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Upon arriving at the scene, personnel did not see evidence of a fire, but found a three-deck pontoon boat capsized with one person who was severely injured in the water.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The last time, it was a Soviet-made pontoon bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

After they positioned the pontoon boat at the edge of the water, the workmen attached the iron tracks with the cannonballs in them.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman




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