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Recent Examples of outrigger
Plunge into the pristine waters for snorkeling, kayaking, outrigger canoeing or stand-up paddleboarding.
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Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
And Ami just loses her footing and falls off the outrigger.
—EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The Sentinelese hunt in the rainforest and fish in the coastal waters using spears, bows and arrows, as well as homemade narrow outrigger canoes, according to Survival International.
—Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Travelers interested in Polynesian culture may want to test the resort’s traditional outrigger canoe on a trip to one of the surrounding private islets that share an atoll with the Brando.
—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 25 Feb. 2025
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Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
And Ami just loses her footing and falls off the outrigger.
—EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The Sentinelese hunt in the rainforest and fish in the coastal waters using spears, bows and arrows, as well as homemade narrow outrigger canoes, according to Survival International.
—Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Travelers interested in Polynesian culture may want to test the resort’s traditional outrigger canoe on a trip to one of the surrounding private islets that share an atoll with the Brando.
—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outrigger
Noun
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This new 164-foot catamaran has blown the Galápagos Islands’ charter offerings wide open.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
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Mike Field on his sailing canoe–a sort of hybrid catamaran and canoe.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Set in the aftermath of apocalypse, Postscript follows West, who’s been surviving for some time on a yacht with an unknowable Captain off the coast of what turns out to be New England.—
Caroline Carlson,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Simply book your villa and let the concierge team handle the rest, from private flights and yacht charters to in-villa wine tastings and celebration-level planning—leaving you free to focus on the important things, like deciding which drink comes first.—
Molly Barstein,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Coast Guard cutter Thunder Bay was also diverted to assist the search.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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The mission covered about 1,000 square miles using multiple aircraft, cutters and small boats over a 24-hour period.—
Michael Casey,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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The bones belonged to Henry Goodsell, the captain of another 19th-century schooner.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Although rescuers successfully saved the entire crew and their captain (who shared the schooner’s name), the vessel wasn’t so lucky.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
28 Jan. 2026
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Renowned British designer Malcolm McKeon, famous for creating elegant, unfussy sailing yachts, penned the exterior, combining the sleekness and balance of a sloop with the volume and comfort of a superyacht.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
30 Jan. 2026
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Now as sailors stepped out into the surf, a great crowd tried to take oars off the first sloop.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Blasetti is facing grand larceny charges for allegedly swiping a keelboat from the Dyckman Marina in Inwood around noon Saturday and rowed it to a trimaran moored out in the Hudson River.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
24 July 2025
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Most of the time, a small keelboat barely exceeds 10 knots of speed (11.5mph).—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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Those who prefer something more active can rent jet skis or head on a catboat tour in a two-person catamaran.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Apr. 2024
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At the Seafire, everything from nautical motif chairs upholstered in international flags to a traditional wooden Cayman catboat and prints from local pop artist Dready are found beneath the lobby’s 20-foot ceiling, grounded by natural materials, like weathered wood and polished coral stone.—
Shayne Benowitz,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2024
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The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
3 July 2025
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One of the luggers offered her the pick of the litter but warned against some old chairs.—
Jake Offenhartz,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Outrigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrigger. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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