kayaker

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Noun
  • An old safe that once contained drunken sailors’ valuables sits in the back corner.
    Derek Sandhaus, Saveur, 10 July 2025
  • Between November 2023 and January 2025, the Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two and killing four sailors.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • And, like the seamen, Celebrity faced a rapidly evolving crisis and changing guidelines.
    Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
  • Government as a protector of health goes way back The U.S. public health service got its start in the 1700s service cared for seamen who were sick or injured.
    Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The next two hours would be a race against time and Mother Nature as conditions on the lake rapidly deteriorated, faster than many locals and longtime mariners had ever seen.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • As of June 12, the ship was still partially sunken about 30 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, and a broadcast notice was issued telling mariners to avoid the area, according to officials.
    Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Think of them as corporate navigators—less GPS, more compass.
    Mani Padisetti, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • Lesson 4: Less data, better decisions Without her phone, my wife had to relinquish her customary role as the navigator.
    JJ Rosen, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Vanilla in baking is sort of like salt in cooking, although salt is equally important in baking!
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 July 2025
  • Add garlic, poblano chiles, white onion and remaining 1 teaspoon salt; cook, stirring occasionally, until onion and poblanos are tender and onion is just starting to brown, 6 to 8 minutes.
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • The interior and exterior spaces are seamlessly connected, enabling seafarers to navigate the vessels with ease.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The reenactment helped illustrate just how skilled and coordinated the original seafarers would have needed to be to pull off such a voyage.
    Nora Bradford, Scientific American, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • There are no lanes, meaning clashes between oars are common if the two boats get too close to each other.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Following two incomprehensibly slow-motion collisions with other crafts, le photographer takes the oars.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
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“Kayaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kayaker. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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