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Recent Examples of sloop
Now as sailors stepped out into the surf, a great crowd tried to take oars off the first sloop.
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
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
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
From Ocean Swell to Living-Room Calm Industrial designer Roey Pan sketched the first arc aboard a 27-ft sloop, tracing the way a mainsail breathes with the wind.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
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
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
From Ocean Swell to Living-Room Calm Industrial designer Roey Pan sketched the first arc aboard a 27-ft sloop, tracing the way a mainsail breathes with the wind.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sloop
Noun
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This burgeoning category received a further boost when one Paul Sperry slipped on the deck of his schooner, inspiring the American sailor to look for an alternate form of traction.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
15 June 2026
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When the perilous search for the Northwest Passage sparked a wave of popular interest in the Arctic, Church set off by schooner in search of icebergs.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
Noun
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There are a ton of cruises out there, from the windjammer sailings in Maine’s Penobscot Bay to luxury 20-passenger yacht sailings in the Galápagos with the Relais & Chateau cruise brand Ecoventura.—
Scott Laird,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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To top it off, the yacht serves Boat Boxes with food prepared by the team at Miss Mary Seafood.—
Simon Davidson,
Travel + Leisure,
19 June 2026
Noun
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Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History On Nov. 16, 1776, the Andrew Doria brigantine arrived in the Caribbean on the British colony St. Eustatius, waving the first national flag of the United States.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Jan. 2026
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On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The Panamax ketch features a sleek aluminum exterior, with a displacement hull and a distinctive pointed bow.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
8 July 2025
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And through such buffetings Constance’s little ketch had run aground.—
Jim Shepard,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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Russia says the crew of the frigate Admiral Grigorovich fired shots into the air after the sailboat failed to respond to warnings to change course.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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O’Brien advised them to build a large, permanent air-force base, and to keep frigates on rotation in the Nuuk harbor, as a deterrent to the Russian and Chinese navies.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Noun
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The ship's captain ordered the crew to the yawl boat.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Captain William Griffin and his crew escaped, hopping on the ship’s yawl boat, in time to see the ship and its iron ore cargo vanish underwater.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
21 Sep. 2025
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The big draw is the catamaran seating and the specialised cocktails but traditional Atollian food is also served here.—
Deeya Sonalkar,
TheWeek,
18 June 2026
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Drop the kids off at Ritz Kids club and embark on the resort’s luxury sailing catamaran, the Lady Grace.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 June 2026
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This sailing school follows both Sail Canada's and keelboat certification programs as well.—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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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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“Sloop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloop. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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