kayaker

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Noun
  • The Navy also renamed the USNS Maury to the USNS Marie Tharp, removing the name of a Confederate sailor and replacing it with the name of a pioneering female oceanographer.
    James LaPorta, CBS News, 3 June 2025
  • Starting in August 2021, then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin required the COVID-19 shot for troops, sailors and airmen, arguing at the time that the mandate was critical to keeping U.S. forces healthy and ready to fight.
    Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 28 May 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
  • However, notices to pilots and mariners suggest that May 21 is the working target, pending approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 May 2025
  • Many anthropologists, along with Indigenous mariners, have built on Gladwin’s and Lewis’ work.
    The Conversation, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Similar to traditional Polynesian and Micronesian navigators, the Minoans may have mapped the rising and setting of stars to specific angles on the horizon, says Berio.
    Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • For the first time, the event will feature a custom digital navigator powered by Walkabout, a company headed by North Park resident Tyson McDowell.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 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
  • Take the following, then, with a pinch of salt, because the squad could have a slightly different look to it when the Club World Cup begins.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2025
  • Pat a 4-to-5-pound chicken dry with paper towels, and rub with a tablespoon of salt.
    Peter Barrett, Outside Online, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Why, as the famous seafarer's prayer asks, is thy sea so great and my boat is so small?
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The tiny seafarers have been seen along the west coast as far north as Canada and as far south as Mexico, iNaturalist data shows.
    Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Following two incomprehensibly slow-motion collisions with other crafts, le photographer takes the oars.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
  • 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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“Kayaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kayaker. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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