caïque

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Noun
  • The couple were originally headed to their yacht in Elbow Cay.
    Adam Sabes , Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • As for Mitan, the yacht will now spend seven to eight months cruising south towards Mexico, calling at multiple anchorages along the way.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Australia announced in August last year that the Japanese bid had won the contract to provide Australia’s next generation of general purpose frigates over Germany’s MEKO A-200 from Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The defense minister detailed an operation involving a Royal Navy frigate, a Royal Air Force patrol plane and hundreds of personnel deployed to deter a trio of Russian submarines that were detected near underwater cables in Britain’s economic exclusionary zone.
    Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Unable to get down, Thompson remained in the tower until a Navy schooner attracted by the blaze came to shore and rescued him.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Bring your favorite bottle of bubbly and pick up a lobster roll flight from Off the Hook before setting sail on the Argia schooner, which accommodates up to 49 passengers.
    Morgan Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Palm Beach Motor Yachts has taken its supermaxi sloop to new heights—quite literally.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Now as sailors stepped out into the surf, a great crowd tried to take oars off the first sloop.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Conner remains the winningest skipper in N2E history, dominating Best Elapsed Time seven times between 1989 and 1996 aboard the 60-foot catamaran Stars and Stripes.
    Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Book a private or group catamaran cruise, which takes guests around the coast to experience the island's hot springs, visit the famed Red Beach, and stop in a few places to snorkel.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History On Nov. 16, 1776, the Andrew Doria brigantine arrived in the Caribbean on the British colony St. Eustatius, waving the first national flag of the United States.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
  • On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In this age of discovery, new maritime technologies including the caravel, information tools like the printing press, and changes in the process of loaning money all helped contribute to an upswell of European traders looking for new markets to conquer by force.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In nearby Bonavista village, the Matthew Legacy is a full-sized replica of the caravel that Cabot sailed across the Atlantic on the fateful voyage.
    JOE YOGERST, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Additional clipper-like systems may follow later this week, keeping the northern Plains cold and occasionally messy with more snow and wintry precipitation.
    Brandi D. Addison, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The more a clip goes viral, the more money the clipper makes.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Caïque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ca%C3%AFque. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.

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