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Recent Examples of seaplane
Schieffer argues the water in front of his property is a public seaplane base.
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Frankie McLister, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Miami plans to relocate City Hall from the iconic 1931 Pan American Airways seaplane terminal in Coconut Grove to a new building at Miami Freedom Park near Miami International Airport.
—Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
The park, which logged 29,091 visits last year, sits on a remote cluster of islands in Lake Superior near the Canadian border, so visitors can only get there by ferry or seaplane.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 13 Mar. 2026
Beginning in 2016, the company initially proposed a design in which the wings and fuselage are integrated into a single lifting surface as a way of improving the payload of cargo seaplanes without going down the increasingly unpopular jumbo route.
—David Szondy
february 10, New Atlas, 10 Feb. 2026
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Frankie McLister, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Miami plans to relocate City Hall from the iconic 1931 Pan American Airways seaplane terminal in Coconut Grove to a new building at Miami Freedom Park near Miami International Airport.
—Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
The park, which logged 29,091 visits last year, sits on a remote cluster of islands in Lake Superior near the Canadian border, so visitors can only get there by ferry or seaplane.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 13 Mar. 2026
Beginning in 2016, the company initially proposed a design in which the wings and fuselage are integrated into a single lifting surface as a way of improving the payload of cargo seaplanes without going down the increasingly unpopular jumbo route.
—David Szondy
february 10, New Atlas, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaplane
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Endangered amphibians in California include the desert slender salamander, a subterranean amphibian found in just two spots in Riverside County.—
Sarah Linn,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Paleontologists now have direct evidence of cartilage and connective tissue in the rib cage of an early reptile, revealing how animals transitioned from amphibian-like throat pumping to the efficient lung ventilation systems that dominate terrestrial life today.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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The move is seen as a response to China’s progress on its own similar aircraft, the H-20 stealth bomber.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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That huge gap, and not mandatory vaccinations, transgender bomber pilots or immigrant semi drivers, should have been the key issue in the last six national elections.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2026
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Scaling up from a small model to a full-sized quadrotor biplane is much riskier, so the team is building an exact digital replica first.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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The image shows him in aviator’s garb with a biplane flying overhead.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2024
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Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.—
Jamie Turner,
cleveland.com,
16 July 2019
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Israeli warplanes have unleashed an intense barrage of strikes on the southern town of Nabatiyeh, sending giant plumes of black smoke billowing over the regional hub of southern Lebanon.—
Yarden Segev,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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Within hours of the diplomatic opening, Israeli warplanes again struck Lebanon and Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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State-of-the-art drones, and the technology needed to intercept them, have become as important to national weapons arsenals as missiles, Patriot systems, fighter jets, and warships.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and food prices are all on the upswing — big time.—
Nick Akerman,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Before becoming the 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush received training on the Avenger TBF/TBM torpedo bomber at NAS Ft. Lauderdale from June 16 to Aug. 16, 1943.—
Lauren Ferrer,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2024
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Several hundred aircraft would assemble, including dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter planes, such as the P38 Lightnings, F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs and P-40 Warhawks.—
Linda McIntosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2023
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For a set that feels like a true lounging experience, this swivel glider rocker set is an easy yes.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Apr. 2026
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The four-door GT was bigger and more comfortable in every way, a glider from the future that proved definitively that the company that built a defining car of the 1960s is now something else entirely.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Seaplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seaplane. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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