Thesaurus results for PIROGUE

pirogue

noun

Definition of pirogue

as in canoe

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Recent Examples of pirogue As the team began to pull up its fishing nets, the pirogue pitched sharply. — Jack Thompson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024 Artists hung paintings from trees, converted the walls of stores and restaurants into galleries, and filled some of Dakar’s run-down architectural gems with installations — piles of rubble, pieces of pirogue boats, a tennis court. — Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 30 May 2024 Spanish migration advocacy group Walking Borders said the migrants' pirogue, a large fishing boat, left the seaside town of Fass Boye on July 10. — Harold Maass, The Week, 18 Aug. 2023 The Spanish migration advocacy group Walking Borders said the vessel was a large fishing boat, called a pirogue, which had left Senegal on July 10. — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for pirogue

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Noun

Crews are going campsite to campsite in canoes to ensure that visitors are evacuating, according to Deputy Forest Supervisor Drew Stroberg.

— Aki Nace, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Lounge on the private beach or play sand volleyball, and cruise the lake in complimentary kayaks, canoes, and stand-up paddleboards.

— Tree Meinch, Midwest Living, 11 July 2026

Definition of canoe

Noun

Flores and Álvarez, on one of the skiffs, were floating approximately fifteen nautical miles east of the Fiorella.

— Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
The three male crabs are hauled into our polar skiff; the last goes back into the sea to produce the next generation.

— The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2026

Definition of skiff

Noun

The early whiskey makers in Kentucky were the first to barrel and ship their whiskey on flatboats down to New Orleans.

— Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
On Christmas Eve 1788, settlers hopped into flatboats at Limestone (Maysville, Kentucky) and traveled for four days down the icy Ohio River to establish Losantiville, later called Cincinnati.

— Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024

Definition of flatboat

Noun

Launching from Monterey, California, in a 21-foot rowboat, Pfender documented the mental and physical challenges of her trip on social media.

— Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
On Friday, June 19, authorities said in a release that the Royal New Zealand Air Force's (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon crew found the man in his 13-foot aluminum rowboat that morning.

— Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026

Definition of rowboat

Noun

The appeal lies in easy rituals—the kayak pulled from beneath the deck, the line cast before breakfast, children diving from the dock.

— Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
The clip appears to show a woman wearing a pink swimsuit paddling a kayak and petting an alligator at Silver Springs State Park in Marion County.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026

Definition of kayak

Noun

Two adults and two children were in distress and riding a rubber dinghy on the river, and needed assistance from local police, according to the outlet.

— Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
The drugs were thought to have been brought over by dinghy from Anzio on the mainland, police said.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 24 June 2026

Definition of dinghy

Noun

Heavy-duty lifeline The pontoon barge used in the operation measures approximately 60 meters in length and eight meters in width.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
Authorities said their initial belief that the group was on a pontoon boat were not correct.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

Definition of pontoon

Noun

For something slower-paced, float the Penticton channel that connects Okanagan and Skaha lakes on tube rafts.

— Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026
Star Valley Search & Rescue, a voluntary team that works at the direction of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, had been searching daily with drones, rafts, jet skis and a jet boat.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

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