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Recent Examples of bateau
At this moment, our two guides and the lumbermen who had rescued us from the log jam came bursting out of the guides’ cabin and rushed to the bateau.
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Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
The velvet navy dress featured a bateau-neck and dramatic white sash, which billowed into a sweeping train.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
The model and reality television star wore an ivory minidress featuring a bateau neckline and three-quarter sleeves with a corset-like fit at the waist.
—Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 26 June 2023
On the first canvas, two women in straw hats navigate a bateau, or small boat, down a creek; on the second, a woman gazes out over the water, the reeds licking at the hem of her dress.
—Latria Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 May 2023
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Robeson Bailey, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2025
The velvet navy dress featured a bateau-neck and dramatic white sash, which billowed into a sweeping train.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
The model and reality television star wore an ivory minidress featuring a bateau neckline and three-quarter sleeves with a corset-like fit at the waist.
—Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 26 June 2023
On the first canvas, two women in straw hats navigate a bateau, or small boat, down a creek; on the second, a woman gazes out over the water, the reeds licking at the hem of her dress.
—Latria Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bateau
Noun
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That includes boats, kayaks, canoes and personal watercraft.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
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Buenavista, which emerged in the 1950s, has around 1,150 residents and 163 similarly vibrant homes, where residents travel between houses, shops and schools by small boats or canoes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Another unique addition to the outdoor space is a wooden skiff from Martha's Vineyard, which Leon says was one of his dad's favorite anecdotes to share with visitors.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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Over several weeks during the summers of 2020 through 2023, our team spent many hours navigating Mosquito Lagoon in a small skiff designed for shallow depths, recording seagrass presence.—
Hannah V. Herrero,
The Conversation,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The sunshade on her stroller had gotten twisted around its thin chrome bars, reminding me of the pontoon that had been torn off.—
Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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The all-season lakefront resort offers family-friendly amenities and activities like weekend campfires with s’mores, pontoon boat charters, lawn games, and watercraft rentals.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Although San Francisco Bay is cold, the fitness icon Jack La Lanne once swam to the island pulling a rowboat, and several children also made the swim.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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On high-water days, tourists board a rowboat ferry for the two-minute trip.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The early whiskey makers in Kentucky were the first to barrel and ship their whiskey on flatboats down to New Orleans.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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On Christmas Eve 1788, settlers hopped into flatboats at Limestone (Maysville, Kentucky) and traveled for four days down the icy Ohio River to establish Losantiville, later called Cincinnati.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
15 Dec. 2024
Noun
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More than 700 rescuers equipped with underwater sonar devices, dinghies and drones were deployed Sunday to search for the missing people and the truck.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 May 2026
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The lifeguard pursued me in a gray metal dinghy with a bullhorn, ordering me out of the water and yanking me up over the side of his boat.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
Noun
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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
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Colorful traditional wooden outrigger canoes called pirogues line the beach where men spend hours mending their nets.—
Sira Thierij,
NPR,
26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The neighborhood It’d be easy to spend a week around Nay Palad’s beachfront area, alternating between dips in the pool, reading books in a hammock, and tours around the gin-clear water in a see-through kayak—but on-the-up Siargao is well worth exploring.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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Adventurous beachgoers can reach the outer shore by wading through shallow, grassy waters during low tide or by kayak.—
Gabi De la Rosa,
Southern Living,
17 May 2026
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“Bateau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bateau. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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