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verb

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Recent Examples of kayak
Noun
Search efforts are underway for a college kayak fisherman who went missing on Toledo Bend Reservoir Wednesday. Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2025 The cost is $160 per two-person tandem kayak. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
Participants can kayak in waters typically closed to boating and help preserve the lagoon habitat by removing trash. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 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
  • The sweeping glass and cement lobby doubles as an art gallery, with a magnificent Mayan canoe running through it.
    David Shortell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Neighbors and Henderson County Sheriff’s deputies came to the McNeelys' rescue in canoes, kayaks and paddle boards.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 Sep. 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 investment was led by Aker, the Norwegian industrial investment company, with additional participation from a raft of firms including Nvidia, Nokia and Dell.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Offer was most recently showrunner of Paramount+’s Ice Airport Alaska and her resume includes a raft of premium documentaries across Disney+, Discovery and National Geographic.
    Peter White, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But those were mere skiffs by comparison with the general-entertainment battleships.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The Tacketts rejected the Alaska State Trooper’s conclusion that their son had fallen out of the skiff and drowned.
    Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 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
  • 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
  • Stillwater River Boats offers seasonal tours of the St. Croix on an old-fashioned paddleboat, including sightseeing and jazz brunch cruises.
    Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Kayak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kayak. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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