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runabout

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as in cruiser

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Recent Examples of runabout The two-seat city runabout will be powered by an all-new Electric Compact Architecture (ECA) developed in-house by Smart. — New Atlas, 27 Apr. 2026 The Sidekick proved to be a nifty runabout from one end of the property to the other. — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 8 Apr. 2026 The 44th annual Palm Beach International Boat Show returned to the West Palm Beach waterfront this week, featuring nearly 1,000 vessels ranging from small runabouts to 250-foot superyachts. — Carline Jean, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026 That means an emphasis on pontoons, runabouts, fishing boats, ski and wake boats and larger open-water cruisers. — Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for runabout

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The 22-year-old emerged from the woods Wednesday evening after a six-day disappearance and knocked on the driver’s side window of a search-and-rescue cruiser.

— Angie Orellana Hernandez, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Thorpe allegedly drove the cruiser into neighboring Clayton County before crashing into a tanker truck on Interstate 675.

— Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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But the weightiest of these gargantuans approach 3,000 pounds – about the size of a sedan.

— Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2026
Naturally, the sedan won’t see any significant changes, though all-wheel drive will no longer be offered on the introductory SV trim, while pricing across the board will hike by $210.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 15 Oct. 2026

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Thursday’s deadly boat crash comes two months after a Volare cabin cruiser capsized in the San Francisco Bay.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
The incident follows the death of a 26-year-old woman after a 33-foot cabin cruiser motorboat collided with a smaller boat on Lake Michigan, leaving four injured.

— Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

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