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Wooden pirogue boats idle in the bay, while young people do odd jobs – rolling car tires across town or selling bags of tap water – to help their parents make ends meet.
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Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2025
Offshore, kite surfers dance across the lagoon while fishermen paddle slender pirogues above shallow coral gardens alive with neon wrasse and ghostly butterflyfish.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Colorful traditional wooden outrigger canoes called pirogues line the beach where men spend hours mending their nets.
—Sira Thierij, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
As the team began to pull up its fishing nets, the pirogue pitched sharply.
—Jack Thompson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024
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Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2025
Offshore, kite surfers dance across the lagoon while fishermen paddle slender pirogues above shallow coral gardens alive with neon wrasse and ghostly butterflyfish.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Colorful traditional wooden outrigger canoes called pirogues line the beach where men spend hours mending their nets.
—Sira Thierij, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
As the team began to pull up its fishing nets, the pirogue pitched sharply.
—Jack Thompson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024
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“Pirogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pirogue. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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pirogue
noun
pi·rogue
ˈpē-ˌrōg 
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: a boat like a canoe
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