Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kayaker
Noun
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Or Hegseth may just be protecting young sailors with dust allergies from picking up the book.—
Peter S. Wenz,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2025 -
The sailors are sleeping or preparing for the morning’s voyage, but a frenzied man has pushed his way aboard, looking for drugs.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Three of the Indonesian seamen also spoke separately to The New York Times.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Captains and seamen alike reaped the benefits of having these scientists on board with them.—
Will McGough,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Warning notices advising pilots and mariners to steer clear of the test area indicated the missile and its hypersonic glide vehicle were supposed to splash down in the mid-Atlantic Ocean hundreds of miles north and northeast of Puerto Rico.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
26 Apr. 2025
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The city’s remaining water intake cribs — Four Mile, 68th Street, Carter H. Harrison, Edward F. Dunne, Wilson Avenue and William E. Dever — also were fitted with electrical navigation devices to aid mariners.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Some Micronesian navigators estimate their progress through a system known as etak.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
14 May 2025
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The film, set in the 16th century, follows Magellan, a young and ambitious Portuguese navigator.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 May 2025
Noun
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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
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Elsewhere in Europe, graphic designer Tormod Fjeld uncovered Bronze Age rock paintings of an animal, a boat with oarsmen and several human figures while hiking in southeastern Norway.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Dec. 2023
Noun
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In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, olive oil, mustard, salt, pepper, garlic, Italian seasoning, crushed red pepper, and onion powder.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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This diet usually limits foods rich in saturated fats, sugar, and salt.—
Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH,
Verywell Health,
2 May 2025
Noun
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Giant tortoises once flourished in vast numbers across a large swath of islands dimpling the western Indian Ocean until seafarers during the Age of Exploration from the 1400s to 1600s plundered almost all of them to extinction.—
Kevin Gepford,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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Long-distance seafarers crossed the Mediterranean Sea far earlier than scientists had believed, a new study has found.—
Saul Elbein,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That's not a time to drop the oars and just go with the flow.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Someone was even sent to prison after the 2012 race — no, not for getting over-eager with an oar, but for protesting against elitism and government cuts.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Kayaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kayaker. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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