outrigger

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Recent Examples of outrigger Book a Hawaiian outrigger canoe trip at sunrise to watch dolphins. Carla Vianna, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025 The robot moves on two ABS differential drive wheels, using two fold-out wheeled outriggers to keep its balance. New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025 Plunge into the pristine waters for snorkeling, kayaking, outrigger canoeing or stand-up paddleboarding. Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 And Ami just loses her footing and falls off the outrigger. EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outrigger
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outrigger
Noun
  • In addition to National Geographic Islander II, Gemini is now the second mid-sized agile ship in Lindblad’s fleet operating in the remote Galápagos archipelago, in addition to the line's new 16-passenger luxury catamaran, National Geographic Delphina.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • According to the report, the incident happened on a catamaran owned by Hawaii Nautical, a boat tour company.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In this environment of yachts, red carpets and excesses, the cast will give life to a new group of guests whose vacation, if the season follows tradition, will be cut short by a crime.
    Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Gabriela Naranjo, Silversea’s vice president and general manager in Ecuador, told me at the beginning of our journey aboard the company's first destination-specific expedition yacht, Silver Origin.
    David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Then Vodnik threw a first-pitch cutter to Gavin Sheets.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The Coast Guard shared video of Air Force pararescuemen leaping from a C-130 Hercules airplane to meet the crew of a Coast Guard cutter on Sunday.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Private speedboat or catamaran charters are nothing compared to the experience aboard the Friendship Rose, a classic Caribbean schooner with soaring sails built by hand on the sands of Bequia's Friendship Bay several decades ago.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
  • En route from Bermuda to Newfoundland, the Swift sank along with the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Barbadoes and the schooner Emeline.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Palm Beach Motor Yachts has taken its supermaxi sloop to new heights—quite literally.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Most of the time, a small keelboat barely exceeds 10 knots of speed (11.5mph).
    Andrew Rice, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.
    Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
  • 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 29 Apr. 2026.

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