coracle

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Recent Examples of coracle The Irish claim centers on St Brendan, who in the sixth century is said to have sailed to America in his coracle. Gordon Campbell, Time, 29 June 2021
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Noun
  • Some river locations have boat launches where participants are encouraged to bring their kayaks, paddle boards, canoes or motor boats (where appropriate) to access hard-to-reach coastlines.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Take a hike on the North Pond Wildlife Trail to spot wildlife, relax on the beach, or take a canoe or kayak to paddle around the marshy channels.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Antoni was a contributor to Project 2025, the controversial conservative policy blueprint designed to help Trump and his officials achieve a raft of goals in his second term in the White House.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
  • In fact, fire ants build rafts using their own bodies when their underground nests flood from rainfall—without using any means of communication.
    Madeleine Beekman August 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • When every dinner was a cookout with hot dogs and shoestring potato chips, and hours of swimming, chicken fights, sunburn, trolling for bass with a popping bug behind the rowboat and exploring the surrounding woods.
    David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
  • Newton enlisted the help of his younger brother and a friend, who agreed to follow along behind him in a rowboat with food and other supplies.
    Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Watkins eased our skiff through a mangrove swamp of squawking and soaring red-footed boobies and frigatebirds numbering in the tens of thousands.
    Kevin Gepford, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Beyond, two men in straw hats share a skiff, an image of blissful communion.
    James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • On yachts, water access—swimming, jet-skiing, snorkeling or just landing on a deserted beach with the dinghy—is also a key differentiator from a cruise ship.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 13 July 2025
  • Miller was able to get back on the dinghy, but the younger Erdman punched him several times in the face, the report states.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • To preserve the ship after she was gently lifted from the water with large pontoon boats, she was sprayed continuously with polyethylene glycol for 17 years, then allowed to dry very slowly until around 2011.
    Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Expect days to be filled with activities like standup paddle boarding, pontoon boat cruises, and waterfront dining.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 July 2025
Noun
  • Lido Beach is just a quick jaunt from the popular shopping district St. Armands Circle, South Lido Beach is a quiet stretch best known for manatee spotting on kayaks, and famed Siesta Beach on nearby Siesta Key has been named best beach in America by Tripadvisor.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The ultimate is an off-the-grid, island-hopping kayak camping trip.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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

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“Coracle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coracle. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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