as in yacht
a boat equipped with one or more sails
we went sailing on the secluded lake in a little two-person dinghy
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Recent Examples of dinghy
Temo sought to give boaters a portable, easy-to-handle means of bringing clean, quiet electric propulsion to small vessels like tenders, rowboats and dinghies.
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New Atlas, 21 May 2025
Pull up the dinghy to The Ranch Escapade, where pristine white sand invites visitors to while away the day with ice-cold drinks and simple, savory Caribbean fare.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
Wagner didn’t find Wood near the dinghy near the dock and at around 1:30 a.m.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
The boys board a rescue boat and pull five souls off the Flicka’s rescue dinghy, all while sharks circle and buck.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
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New Atlas, 21 May 2025
Pull up the dinghy to The Ranch Escapade, where pristine white sand invites visitors to while away the day with ice-cold drinks and simple, savory Caribbean fare.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
Wagner didn’t find Wood near the dinghy near the dock and at around 1:30 a.m.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
The boys board a rescue boat and pull five souls off the Flicka’s rescue dinghy, all while sharks circle and buck.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinghy
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The brand has worked on several high-profile legacy ship restoration projects, such as the Cynara, a 96-foot classic yacht built by Camper and Nicholson in 1927 that was expertly restored in Japan in 2021, reinforcing its anchor positioning in the classic sailing sector.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
31 July 2025
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Hello magazine publishes photos of de Armas and Cruise vacationing together on a yacht in Menorca, Spain.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
30 July 2025
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Leading causes include ship strikes, fishing gear entanglement and ecosystem shifts driven by warming oceans.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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The brand has worked on several high-profile legacy ship restoration projects, such as the Cynara, a 96-foot classic yacht built by Camper and Nicholson in 1927 that was expertly restored in Japan in 2021, reinforcing its anchor positioning in the classic sailing sector.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
31 July 2025
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The 200 square miles of surrounding coral reefs proved rough for mariners, but divers now reap the benefits with some 300 shipwrecks to explore, from the 192-foot American schooner Constellation that sank during World War II to the Mary Celestia, a Civil War era paddle-wheeler.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
22 May 2025
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The Californian is a 41 year-old wooden topsail schooner that was built as a replica of the 1847 Revenue Cutter C.W. Lawrence.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 June 2025
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One of the survivors was Henry Percy, aide de camp to Wellington, who after the Battle had to row halfway across the Channel with the news of the Duke’s victory, as an absence of wind had halted his sloop.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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After an encounter with a whale-like dino, their sloop capsizes.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2025
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Two children are dead after a sailboat and barge collided in Miami’s Biscayne Bay, according to US Coast Guard public affairs.—
Meridith Edwards,
CNN Money,
28 July 2025
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Two children were killed and four others injured Monday when a sailboat collided with a barge off Miami Beach.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
28 July 2025
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What To Know Citing a senior French naval officer at an event, the specialist outlet Naval News reported that Charles de Gaulle was monitored by a Chinese frigate as the aircraft carrier entered the Luzon Strait—a strategic waterway connecting the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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Advertisement Gayton seized Platt again and set sail from Jamaica, keeping him in shackles for months aboard his ship before transferring him to another Royal Navy frigate, which transferred him to a third naval ship headed to England.—
Time,
Time,
9 July 2025
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“Dinghy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinghy. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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