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Recent Examples of dory
In the nineteenth century the American, French, and Portuguese bankers began to fish from dories, fanning out from their schooner at dawn, or what passed for dawn in the perpetual fog on the banks, and coming back with a boatload of fish.
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Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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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Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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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Visitors can stay the night in lakeside cabins or pitch a tent in the campground or a canoe campsite, which is only accessible by water.—
Kristy Christiansen,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2025
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Travelers interested in Polynesian culture may want to test the resort’s traditional outrigger canoe on a trip to one of the surrounding private islets that share an atoll with the Brando.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
AFAR Media,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Another could see guests hiking to a glacial lake or going for a skiff tour among icebergs.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
18 Feb. 2025
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Founder Christopher Columbus Smith built his first wooden boat, a skiff, in 1874, as a 13-year-old growing up on the St. Clair River in Algonac, Michigan.—
Jaclyn Trop,
Robb Report,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Besides simply taking in the beauty of some 2,600 trees, visitors can rent rowboats and buy food and drinks at numerous food stalls.—
Katherine LaGrave,
AFAR Media,
28 Feb. 2025
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The two end their day with a romantic ride in a rowboat, which Grant has no clue how to operate.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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Domingo Trujillo, captain of the agency's rescue vessel, told broadcaster TVE that rescuers had been aware that a pregnant woman was on the dinghy.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC News,
9 Jan. 2025
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In 1972, Scottish sailor Dougal Robertson and his family survived for 38 days at sea in a small dinghy after killer whales sunk their schooner near the Galapagos Islands.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
29 Jan. 2025
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A week after Hurricane Milton sent a storm surge over Englewood in October, the animal was tangled in a crab trap that had gotten dislodged not far from the boat launch where Ms. Killian kept the kayaks and paddleboards for her business, SUP Englewood.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
4 Mar. 2025
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Instead, embrace the unknown and unfamiliar—travel between towns and settlements is mostly by boats, planes, helicopters, kayaks, and dog sleds, as there are no roads outside urban areas.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025
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It was purchased in 1890 by brothers John and Alexander Laurie to tow vessels and barges, or scows filled with stone from nearby quarries, in Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay.—
Caitlin Looby,
Journal Sentinel,
21 Sep. 2024
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The foundation could be a raft made of tree logs; pontoon made of fiberglass, steel or aluminum; plywood barge or scow floats made from salvaged wooden and metal hulls; or box floats made of wood, metal or Styrofoam.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
28 Oct. 2022
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Just for a minute, my husband and I agree, because the weather is beautiful, because my son does look like my father, because the pontoon is big and fancy and the baby has never been on a boat before.—
Julie Buntin,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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On Tuesday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear told Morning Edition that he's been traveling across the state on a pontoon boat, mourning with the families of recently deceased residents and helping those who were displaced.—
Destinee Adams,
NPR,
18 Feb. 2025
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Under Trump's flip-flopping raft of tariffs, Washington placed a 10 percent tariff on Canadian energy, the major supplier to U.S. states hugging the northern border.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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Signs for how Beijing plans to address these challenges will also be closely watched, after a raft of policy adjustments since last summer were seen as falling short.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Dory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dory. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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