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Recent Examples of umiak
Instead, guardsmen showed up in umiaks with small outboard motors.
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Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
The kayak might be fun to us, but for Inuit it, and the big open umiak hunting boat, meant food or hunger, life or death.
—John Oseid, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
The kayak might be fun to us, but for Inuit it, and the big open umiak hunting boat, meant food or hunger, life or death.
—John Oseid, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for umiak
Noun
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The administration said the ban would protect the watershed and canoe wilderness.—
Todd Richmond,
Twin Cities,
16 Apr. 2026
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The tour ends at the Scar Trees, which are a group of trees that had their bark removed by Aboriginal Peoples for various purposes, including crafting items like canoes or shields.—
Helen Murphy,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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The same skiffs also take you to nearby lakes for a spot of swimming or piranha fishing; and on visits to remote villages.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Book a kayak or paddleboard tour with Outer Banks Kayak Adventures for a morning or moonlight paddle through the marshes of the Roanoke Sound and Cape Hatteras National Seashore.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Conservancy's long-term vision is to expand the wetlands from a single platform into much larger installations, possibly transforming the Broad Canal into a park, a boardwalk, and even a kayak trail.—
Jacob Wycoff,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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Other unmissable experiences include taking a wooden rowboat into the Blue Grotto and riding the seggiovia (an open-air chairlift for one) to Monte Salario.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Harry and Meghan then boarded a dinghy that ferried them to a sailing boat, where more Invictus Australia veterans were waiting.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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The pair left The Abaco Inn bar on Elbow Cay in their dinghy at dusk on April 4, headed to their anchored sailboat just off the cay's western coast.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 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
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
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