caïque

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Noun
  • For even more marine life, Amandira, the Aman yacht, can also be chartered from Amanwana for totally bespoke voyages around the Indonesian archipelago from Komodo National Park to the famed Spice Islands and the legendary waters of Raja Ampat.
    Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2026
  • If the yacht starts to sink, the captain will have to tell everyone on board in person.
    Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • And the British frigate is better than the Russian frigate, cheaper, and now more secure.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The court, Mediazona said, issued a statement about the sentencing of a Ukrainian navy commander who ordered strikes against the Moskva and another ship, the Admiral Essen frigate.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The bones belonged to Henry Goodsell, the captain of another 19th-century schooner.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Although rescuers successfully saved the entire crew and their captain (who shared the schooner’s name), the vessel wasn’t so lucky.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Renowned British designer Malcolm McKeon, famous for creating elegant, unfussy sailing yachts, penned the exterior, combining the sleekness and balance of a sloop with the volume and comfort of a superyacht.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 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
  • And hitching a ride on a Trilogy catamaran is a thrill in itself.
    Juliana Shallcross, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026
  • This new 164-foot catamaran has blown the Galápagos Islands’ charter offerings wide open.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 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
  • An arctic cold front slips through the area as the clipper system that brought light snow Friday will drop temperatures dangerously low overnight.
    Vytas Reid, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Once the clipper system passes, a fresh surge of arctic air will push into the Ohio Valley on Friday night and settle in for the weekend.
    Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Caïque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ca%C3%AFque. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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