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Recent Examples of kayak
Noun
Rent a kayak, canoe or paddleboard and make your way through the park’s 50 miles of mangrove wilderness. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officers later found Hughes’ kayak, officials said. Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
Participants can kayak in waters typically closed to boating and help preserve the lagoon habitat by removing trash. Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025 Once there, visitors can swim, fish, kayak through salt marshes or just stretch out on one of the state’s most beautiful, uncrowded beaches. Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kayak
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kayak
Noun
  • There are also boat tours, kayak and canoe rentals, hiking, and fishing within the park.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Seminoles were able to row their canoes on the river right up to the building to conduct business with Frank.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • An additional autonomous dinghy could serve as the above water collection point.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The feature brings together a raft of rising Arab production talent.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
  • While gently gliding down a clear Jamaican river, surrounded by dense green jungle, the sound of water trickling along the raft and birds in the distance gives the video an idyllic feel at first glance.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On Monday morning, Duane and Bill took the skiff to the far side of the lake.
    Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But those were mere skiffs by comparison with the general-entertainment battleships.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Chinese-style mud houses line the lake’s edge—their curved roofs reflected in still waters as wooden rowboats drift past floating lanterns.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Crossing the Pacific Ocean is a daunting task by any measure, but imagine doing it in a rowboat, completely unsupported.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Kelly’s father owned a pontoon boat that, in high school, had been off limits.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The result is what seems to be a cross between a catamaran and a giant fishing pontoon with a large open deck measuring 900 ft² (83 m²) that can handle standard shipping containers weighing up to 30 tonnes.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The result is what seems to be a cross between a catamaran and a giant fishing pontoon with a large open deck measuring 900 ft² (83 m²) that can handle standard shipping containers weighing up to 30 tonnes.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
  • With Sandals Ocho Rios, Sandals Dunn’s River, and Sandals Royal Plantation, the highlight is a catamaran cruise that ends with the island’s most famous falls.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One of the main events is the Pumpkin Regatta where pumpkins that weigh between 500 and 800 pounds are converted into paddleboats and raced across the pond at Elk Grove Park, first held in 2006.
    Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Take The Kids To Andretti Thrill Park Zoom around an F1 speedtrack, play a round of mini golf or laser tag, take a spin in a paddleboat, or take an exhilarating ride on the Drop n’ Twist Tower.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Kayak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kayak. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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