as in yacht
a boat equipped with one or more sails
we went sailing on the secluded lake in a little two-person dinghy
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Recent Examples of dinghy
The outlet reported a rescue boat was deployed to help the man, who was pulled from the sea onto a dinghy, but did not survive.
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Colson Thayer, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Travelers with The Moorings can sail directly to Willy T by anchoring nearby and swimming or going by dinghy.
—Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Meanwhile, other protesters threatened to fill the canals with inflatables, dinghies and boats to obstruct Bezos’ water taxis.
—Aldo Luigi Mancusi, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
According to an arrest report, Christopher Erdman boarded the dinghy and pushed Miller into the water.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
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Colson Thayer, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Travelers with The Moorings can sail directly to Willy T by anchoring nearby and swimming or going by dinghy.
—Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Meanwhile, other protesters threatened to fill the canals with inflatables, dinghies and boats to obstruct Bezos’ water taxis.
—Aldo Luigi Mancusi, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
According to an arrest report, Christopher Erdman boarded the dinghy and pushed Miller into the water.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinghy
Noun
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Designed by superyacht interior designer Giuseppina Arena, the project features 36 residences—including two 8,000-square-foot penthouses—polished mahogany finishes, signature aquamarine accents, and a marina for yachts up to 65 feet.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
8 Oct. 2025
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The technology can fuel any form of transport, including yachts, ships, ferries, aeroplanes, trains, cars, buses, and trucks.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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That history includes the 1947 Texas City disaster, when a ship carrying ammonium nitrate exploded and killed nearly 600 people, and the 2013 fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, which killed 15 people.—
Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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She’s invited on the ship to take a break from the hard-hitting stories that have shaken her up.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Dash was a privateer schooner that vanished in 1815 and soon entered local legend as a ghost ship.—
Leanna Renee Hieber,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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Researchers discovered a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan 140 years ago, ending decades of searches for the elusive ghost ship.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Inspired by the original 1926 Q Class sloop, known as Q7 Falcon, aka Lively Lady, which Peter sails regularly around San Diego.—
Kathleen Turner,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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From Ocean Swell to Living-Room Calm Industrial designer Roey Pan sketched the first arc aboard a 27-ft sloop, tracing the way a mainsail breathes with the wind.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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The singer-songwriter was somewhere in the eastern Mediterranean sea on a sailboat last week when the 10-person crew decided to play some music.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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According to the Seaquarium, the orca was named after Hugo Vihlen, who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in a six-foot sailboat.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
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Hull numbers provided by Japan's Defense Ministry identified the Russian vessels as the frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, the corvette Gremyashchy and a replenishment ship.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Back on the Danish frigate, in the Nuuk Fjord, flanked by Greenland’s bleak mountains of sheer black rock, the boom of practicing naval artillery guns reverberates into the Arctic abyss, as fighter jets scream overhead.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Dinghy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinghy. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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