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Recent Examples of kayak
Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
From hitting the water on a paddleboard or kayak to zooming around on WaveRunners, taking boat tours, or simply watching for wildlife like manatees and dolphins, this is a coastal playground filled with opportunity.
—South Seas, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
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
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Noun
Video posted on social media showed a resident surveying the damage by kayak.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
From hitting the water on a paddleboard or kayak to zooming around on WaveRunners, taking boat tours, or simply watching for wildlife like manatees and dolphins, this is a coastal playground filled with opportunity.
—South Seas, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kayak
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Los Angeles area residents and those in the Oklahoma City region, the site of softball and canoe slalom, who register for the ticket draw will have a chance to secure a time slot during a special early-access window, according to LA28.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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The canoe turned over; Pedro disappeared.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Nguyen was among those refugees, crowding as a teen on a dinghy heading for international waters.—
Todd Harmonson,
Oc Register,
18 Dec. 2025
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Dock the dinghy at Bar One to enjoy a frozen cocktail or an ice-cold beer at this floating bar anchored offshore.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Dec. 2025
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For visitors, this means the people guiding your raft or instructing your clinic possess deep expertise and enthusiasm for their work.—
Bill Bootz,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Jan. 2026
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Struggling through the jungle on foot or building rafts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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L’Epée 1839 reinterpreted La Regatta as a Métiers d’Art creation with Georgian enameler David Kakabadze, designed as a vertical clock with a long, slender silhouette drawn from a racing skiff through a blue, rare flinqué enameling technique.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
19 Jan. 2026
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From the skiff, Jewel prayed as the officers cuffed the men, allegedly roughed one up, and eventually coerced him into revealing where the stash was.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
13 Dec. 2025
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Next comes Emergency Medical Services in a rowboat.—
Rabbi Steve Roth,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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By Caity Weaver My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, existential dread, and a rowboat.—
Bhumika Tharoor,
The Atlantic,
30 Dec. 2025
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At Quai de Cologny, people sunbathe on a round pontoon, whose striking design is a draw in itself.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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Kayaks, pontoon boats, standup paddleboards, and more are available through multiple local outfitters, including Boyne Watersports and Charlevoix Adventures.—
Stacy Conde,
Midwest Living,
30 Dec. 2025
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On Blue Moon, Big Blue’s new 53-foot catamaran, the hold was stuffed with bottles of Moët.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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Heimann and her family were scheduled to sail on a catamaran in the British Virgin Islands.—
Bri Buckley,
CBS News,
4 Jan. 2026
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Nelson plays the song on a paddleboat as Peacemaker and Harcourt have a moment.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
24 Dec. 2025
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As the party embarks on the first leg of the journey – a paddleboat excursion westward across the Gulf to the Port of Bagdad – Coleman learns from Turlow the truth behind the trip.—
Erin Douglass,
Christian Science Monitor,
26 Nov. 2025
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“Kayak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kayak. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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