caïque

Definition of caïquenext

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Noun
  • He is also accused of using his salary, which he is capped at a maximum of $400,000 plus certain fees, to buy things such as a 68-foot yacht and a home in Cocoplum.
    Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The company is currently working to power a wide range of vessels that includes VTOLs, race boats and yachts, motorcycles and defense platforms, manufacturing motors at its 86,000-sq ft three-site facility in Milton Keynes, UK.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The third Charlotte ship, a patrol frigate, was manned by the Coast Guard during World War II.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Spain will send its Christopher Columbus frigate to Cyprus, joining France’s Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and other Greek navy ships, its defense ministry said in a statement.
    Jasmine Green, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The other Charlottes After the schooner was sold in Pensacola five years later, the next ship — named the North Carolina — was commissioned in 1908, according to the Commander Submarine Force website.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Bob Dylan, too, passed through, once working with a local shipbuilder on a custom wooden schooner called Water Pearl, delighted that the unbothered locals did not recognize him.
    Elena Clavarino, Air Mail, 14 Feb. 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
  • Later, in December, two sailors and their dog were rescued from a sinking catamaran almost 60 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, thanks to a radio alert also detected by satellites, NOAA said.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The company offers everything from half-day catamaran sails to three-hour private adventure charters to Masonboro Island.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 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
  • Temps won't fall much Thursday night either, with clouds returning ahead of another clipper passing north of the metro.
    Joseph Dames, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The clipper storm brings the prospect of a combination of rain and some snow.
    Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Caïque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ca%C3%AFque. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.

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