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Recent Examples of dory
More boats were gathering: a center console with dual Yamahas, other canoes of varying sizes (including one painted to resemble a scaly serpent), some kayaks, a rowing dory, a couple of Hobie cats.
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Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
Ride in a traditional wooden dory boat piloted by our trip leader, Kale Cimperman, who regales his passengers with tales of the early Idaho rafting guides – the subject of his master’s thesis.
—Eileen Ogintz, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
Spectators will see a variety of floats, and dory boats decorated in creative ways.
—oregonlive, 12 July 2023
Saline 20 is home to Les Zigotos, a group of volunteers dedicated to preserving the culture and history of the dory, Saint-Pierre’s traditional wooden boat.
—Hillary Richards, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
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Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
Ride in a traditional wooden dory boat piloted by our trip leader, Kale Cimperman, who regales his passengers with tales of the early Idaho rafting guides – the subject of his master’s thesis.
—Eileen Ogintz, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
Spectators will see a variety of floats, and dory boats decorated in creative ways.
—oregonlive, 12 July 2023
Saline 20 is home to Les Zigotos, a group of volunteers dedicated to preserving the culture and history of the dory, Saint-Pierre’s traditional wooden boat.
—Hillary Richards, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dory
Noun
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His collection included woodland pots from North America, Aztec stone figurines and obsidian blades, a canoe from South America, Indigenous stone tools and weapons, Taino artifacts, an ancient Roman mosaic fragment, and Chinese pottery and armor.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
5 Nov. 2025
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Book a Hawaiian outrigger canoe trip at sunrise to watch dolphins.—
Carla Vianna,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The bulk of the trip was focused on searching for wildlife during skiff rides along the shores and on a walk in the jungle.—
Jeri Clausing,
AFAR Media,
21 Oct. 2025
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On Monday morning, Duane and Bill took the skiff to the far side of the lake.—
Marguerite Reiss,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Alice Austen and Gertrude Tate in a rowboat in Scotland in 1903.Courtesy Collection of Alice Austen House But when the 1929 stock market crash caught Austen in the crosshairs, her financial standing plummeted.—
Margaret Hetherman,
NBC news,
19 Oct. 2025
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Another sweet photo showed the couple spending time together in a rowboat on the lake.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
12 Oct. 2025
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Dozens have died in recent years trying to cross one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes in overcrowded dinghies.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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An additional autonomous dinghy could serve as the above water collection point.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Sep. 2025
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Relax by the pool or firepits, rent a kayak and grab brunch at its onsite eatery, Pique Nique.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
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Or check out the birthplace of the Inca Empire in Puno and kayak in the world’s highest navigable lake, Lake Titicaca.—
Ally Jaksen,
Outside,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The family friends promised to help Wade find work at a seafood processing plant or on a fish-buying scow.—
Bjorn Dihle,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025
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In a startling revelation, the crew members aboard this intergalactic garbage scow turn out to be the descendants of American astronauts launched 200 years earlier during humanity's pre-warp, post-World War III days.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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That misses the point of a pontoon boat, not to mention living on a nice piece of lakeshore.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
25 Oct. 2025
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Kelly’s father owned a pontoon boat that, in high school, had been off limits.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When on Nantucket, Swain zooms around the island in a hard-bottom, Navy SEAL–style, super-high-speed raft, a type deployed by the military in Ukraine.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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The company introduced a raft of innovations during its annual GTC event (which is short for GPU Technology Conference, a reference to Nvidia’s core product, the graphics processing unit).—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Dory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dory. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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