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Recent Examples of sampan
It’s crowded with houseboats, fishing vessels, roving vendors in sampans, and multi-story floating restaurants that drew tourists until the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to shutter.
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H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 6 June 2025
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Harbor, one of the world’s most scenic, rewards passengers with vistas of skyscrapers, mountains, ferries and sampans.
—Georgina Cruz, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Malay, Chinese and Indian laborers did laundry, steered sampan boats and cleared land for the White military members.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 Sep. 2022
Max, 6, my youngest, bolted past the staff lined up to greet us and planted his nose on the lee-side picture window to watch a woman in a conical hat haul a net of glittering fish onto her sampan.
—Laura Dannen Redman, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2018
Housed in a pastel-yellow colonial building opposite a 16th-century church, its entrance is flanked by tall vases, depicting sampan gliding between karst hills.
—The Economist, 19 May 2018
The petite young woman who rowed our sampan had powerful, broad shoulders and tough, worn hands gripping the oars.
—Diana Lambdin Meyer, kansascity.com, 9 May 2017
H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 6 June 2025
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Harbor, one of the world’s most scenic, rewards passengers with vistas of skyscrapers, mountains, ferries and sampans.
—Georgina Cruz, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Malay, Chinese and Indian laborers did laundry, steered sampan boats and cleared land for the White military members.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 Sep. 2022
Max, 6, my youngest, bolted past the staff lined up to greet us and planted his nose on the lee-side picture window to watch a woman in a conical hat haul a net of glittering fish onto her sampan.
—Laura Dannen Redman, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2018
Housed in a pastel-yellow colonial building opposite a 16th-century church, its entrance is flanked by tall vases, depicting sampan gliding between karst hills.
—The Economist, 19 May 2018
The petite young woman who rowed our sampan had powerful, broad shoulders and tough, worn hands gripping the oars.
—Diana Lambdin Meyer, kansascity.com, 9 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sampan
Noun
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What to do nearby Set along Mokapu Beach, the resort offers ocean activities like snorkeling and Hawaiian canoe experiences.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
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Basin Harbor offers all kinds of ways to explore the lake, with kayak, canoe, and stand-up paddleboard rentals included in every guest's stay and multiple inflatable water features adding extra excitement to a swim.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Although San Francisco Bay is cold, the fitness icon Jack La Lanne once swam to the island pulling a rowboat, and several children also made the swim.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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On high-water days, tourists board a rowboat ferry for the two-minute trip.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Over several weeks during the summers of 2020 through 2023, our team spent many hours navigating Mosquito Lagoon in a small skiff designed for shallow depths, recording seagrass presence.—
Hannah V. Herrero,
The Conversation,
21 Apr. 2026
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Stephanie Jocis observes a skiff carrying a missing family in the waters of Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, during the early hours of April 6, 2026.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The all-season lakefront resort offers family-friendly amenities and activities like weekend campfires with s’mores, pontoon boat charters, lawn games, and watercraft rentals.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Rent a pontoon, kayak, or paddleboard to explore the lakes, or float a gentle stretch of the Ottertail River with Charlie’s Ottertail Tubing.—
Taryn Shorr-Mckee,
Midwest Living,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Basic logging is included at no charge, while a subscription unlocks a raft of premium features.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 May 2026
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New reports don’t end disagreements The latest raft of reporting, with mysterious figures and unexplained sounds, has not yet made a believer out of skeptic Benjamin Radford.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Offshore, kite surfers dance across the lagoon while fishermen paddle slender pirogues above shallow coral gardens alive with neon wrasse and ghostly butterflyfish.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Colorful traditional wooden outrigger canoes called pirogues line the beach where men spend hours mending their nets.—
Sira Thierij,
NPR,
26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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This camp is a great introduction to the sport for those interested in learning the basics of water safety, kayaking, outrigger paddling and stand-up paddling.—
Jessie Dax-Setkus,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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Using tools only of stone, bone, and shell, Islanders made wooden spears and clubs, and canoes built from planks stitched together with plant fibers and fitted with outriggers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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That material will then be suctioned up along with seawater and loaded onto large barges, known as scows, which carry a slurry of sediment, rocks and debris.—
Teresa Tomassoni,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Jan. 2026
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The family friends promised to help Wade find work at a seafood processing plant or on a fish-buying scow.—
Bjorn Dihle,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Sampan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sampan. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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