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pontoon

[pon-toon] / pɒnˈtun /
NOUN
float
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What to Do: Rent a pontoon boat on Lake Wallenpaupack, then work off the camp-candy crash with a hike through Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 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

The icy water is like fire on my skin and all my brain can think of is making it to the pontoon without needing help from the lifeguards.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

But I found a place where the cars would be sheltered after they passed that last bad- looking bit and could wait for the wounded to be brought across the pontoon bridge.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway




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