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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 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 For the migrants on the pirogue off Dakar, the terror unfolded in the early-morning darkness not more than 50 yards from shore. — Mady Camara, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for pirogue

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Noun

All tickets available for Oklahoma City’s softball and canoe slalom events were sold through for both drops.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
The project also includes adding new access points, fishing piers, canoe launches and more, said Roberto Valazquez.

— Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of canoe

Noun

Dozens of sunken skiffs and speedboats, long written off by their owners, sat dry on the sand.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Alas, the Launchpad’s crew did not respond to the request, and a nearby cruise ship came to the rescue instead, towing the skiff back to port.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 11 Aug. 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

This summer a group of Indigenous Taiwanese modern-day voyagers decided to recreate the journey in a large rowboat from one of Taiwan’s islands all the way to the Philippines in an effort to reconnect with their ancient seafaring heritage.

— Greg Dixon, NPR, 24 July 2026
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

Definition of rowboat

Noun

Three officers in a patrol boat saw him and two other people riding in a dinghy with a blue canopy in Cow Channel.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
Operating as close as possible to the Libyan search-and-rescue zone, its crew deployed fast rigid inflatable boats (RHIBs) to reach overcrowded inflatable dinghies before larger rescue vessels could arrive.

— Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 17 July 2026

Definition of dinghy

Noun

Come June, Winnipesaukee and its neighbors crowd with pleasure-cruisers in pontoon boats, sunbathers loll on every spare strip of sand, and the region’s small towns feel almost ludicrous in their quaint New England charms.

— Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026
Jablonska was killed on July 25 when a triple-engine pontoon boat operated by 45-year-old Richard Stevenson of Lisle collided with her boat in a no-wake zone.

— Michelle Sproat, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of pontoon

Noun

The current $100 base fee per board, kayak or paddle raft includes a shuttle to the put-in up river, Bass said; rentals are typically for three hours.

— Mark Dee August 18, Idaho Statesman, 18 Aug. 2026
Maceta would sometimes have to go and lift him out of his raft and bear him to his bed.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of raft

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