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pontoon

[pon-toon] / pɒnˈtun /
NOUN
float
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From the pontoon, she pointed out the marshy shore and sea of pines at stake.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

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

"In the past maybe only the people in that one small village might have known there was something weird on the end of the pontoon."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 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 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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