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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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On Blue Moon, Big Blue’s new 53-foot catamaran, the hold was stuffed with bottles of Moët.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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Heimann and her family were scheduled to sail on a catamaran in the British Virgin Islands.—
Bri Buckley,
CBS News,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Their $500 million mega yacht, Koru, was anchored nearby, but the couple reportedly spent most of their time on land.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Coral Gables man operating the boat that ran over and killed a 15-year-old girl wakeboarding behind a yacht in Biscayne Bay pleaded guilty to misdemeanor careless-boating charges Monday in a Miami-Dade County court.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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As an 86-second exchange unfolded, Chez stood perfectly still, a stunned expression on his face, as his father screamed at him and cops ordered him to drop the box cutter more than a dozen times.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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The cutter’s visit was hosted by the group and is a public outreach event with the Ocean Institute.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
3 Jan. 2026
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When the schooner was just off the coast of El Salvador, a tramp steamer spotted them and finally supplied fresh water.—
Michael Waters,
New Yorker,
3 Jan. 2026
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Ella is shocked to suddenly find Nick (Brown), a sailor and local Newport historian, aboard her schooner and accuses him of being a stowaway.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Dec. 2025
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Anguilla's rich sailing history comes alive while exploring the island's coastline on a classic Caribbean sloop.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Dec. 2025
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Inspired by the original 1926 Q Class sloop, known as Q7 Falcon, aka Lively Lady, which Peter sails regularly around San Diego.—
Kathleen Turner,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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
Noun
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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
Noun
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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 15 Jan. 2026.
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