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Recent Examples of kayaker
Fiercely territorial, especially during breeding season, they’ve been known to drown smaller animals and have killed at least one American kayaker.
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
Calmatters, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kayaker
Noun
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Conan Gray’s ‘denim behemoth’ Thick, heavy and water-absorbent — denim is, frankly, a sailor’s nightmare.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Where at one time soldiers and sailors made do with fluttering flags or flashes of light to send simple messages, the modern warfighter is part of a global digital network where data rushes about like water out of a firehose and satellites act as a vital link in that network.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In 1944, Willie Wesley Thompson, a Navy seaman, saved two lives in the South Pacific.—
Curtis Bunn,
NBC news,
27 Aug. 2025
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In actor-writer-director Ustinov’s tackling of Herman Melville’s seafaring 18th-century novel, the young stage actor starred as the titular naïve young seaman who suffers under the sadistic whims of his superior Claggart (Robert Ryan) and is eventually falsely accused of a crime.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Licht, who has spent years on Richardson Bay, says a community of mariners who lived for decades on boats have mostly moved ashore.—
Steven Rosenfeld,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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The entire shoreline is under high swim risk warnings, and advisories for boaters and mariners.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Christian Braun has matured as a pick-and-roll navigator.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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Spain's Casa de Contratación created standardized navigator certification programs—perhaps history's first technical bootcamp.—
Solange Charas,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Every year, a team of oarsmen are tasked with finding the swans on a stretch of the Thames.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
16 July 2025
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Hundreds of refugees began rushing the rowboats; once those were filled, the oarsmen, worried about capsizing and afraid of being stranded, began beating people back.—
Casey Cep,
The New Yorker,
24 June 2024
Noun
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Once that happens, salt can deteriorate the paint on top and car parts underneath.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The renowned international design studio, known for penning needle-moving yachts and superyachts, has launched a new brand focused on creating high-end vessels for discerning seafarers.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
2 Sep. 2025
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Rogue waves have captivated the attention of both seafarers and scientists for decades.—
Francesco Fedele,
The Conversation,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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See You At The Finish Line follows Lucas, a sharp-witted, working-class rower, and George, an American golden-boy captain, whose uneasy alliance evolves into a tender but combustible love story against the backdrop of the famous boat race between Oxford and Cambridge universities.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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With a garland of white flowers in front of him, a lone rower kneeling in a wooden canoe glided toward the DuSable Bridge docks.—
William Tong,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Kayaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kayaker. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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