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Recent Examples of outrigger
Todd DaSilva tells of outriggers across Oceana and delve into an ancient super city on the banks of the Mississippi River.
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Joe Sills, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Watch outriggers glide down the Ala Wai from your breezy rooftop lanai while sipping a cup of Kona coffee, then pop down to Redfish for a proper bowl of poke.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
As the ceremony concludes, a single 45-foot outrigger canoe glides back to shore, its paddlers moving in tune with the ocean's currents.
—Kaniela Ing, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
Watch outriggers glide down the Ala Wai from your breezy rooftop lanai while sipping a cup of Kona coffee, then walk to Waikiki Beach to fetch a log and a lesson from the local beach boys.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
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Joe Sills, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Watch outriggers glide down the Ala Wai from your breezy rooftop lanai while sipping a cup of Kona coffee, then pop down to Redfish for a proper bowl of poke.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
As the ceremony concludes, a single 45-foot outrigger canoe glides back to shore, its paddlers moving in tune with the ocean's currents.
—Kaniela Ing, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
Watch outriggers glide down the Ala Wai from your breezy rooftop lanai while sipping a cup of Kona coffee, then walk to Waikiki Beach to fetch a log and a lesson from the local beach boys.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outrigger
Noun
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Hop aboard its 53-foot catamaran, Heavenly Days, for day sails and epic sunsets.—
Mariette Williams,
AFAR Media,
23 Jan. 2025
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The yard also debuted a 125-foot catamaran this past September.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
21 Jan. 2025
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When Gio leaves to make a call, Deb heads to the yacht to grab her jacket — and do a little light snooping.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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Owen manages to escape, jumping off the yacht and into the water.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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But much of Sasaki’s early success could depend on the effectiveness of his third pitch, an improving slider that has taken several forms for Sasaki over the years — from a slower bender with big spin and break, to a slightly firmer version that acts more like a cutter.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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More news: Dodgers Pitcher Reveals Details of His Recruiting Call With Roki Sasaki Kopech's fastball touched 102 mph last season, a weapon few pitchers are able to pair with his command, along with a plus slider and cutter.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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In 1972, Scottish sailor Dougal Robertson and his family survived for 38 days at sea in a small dinghy after killer whales sunk their schooner near the Galapagos Islands.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
29 Jan. 2025
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Charcoal portraits depict six of the enslaved Africans who were aboard the Amistad, the 19th-century slaving schooner that became the center of a landmark Supreme Court case.—
Kaila Philo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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In the Caribbean, wandering yachtsmen on sloops and catamarans know these masts well.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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To ensure Blackbeard was neutralized, Spotswood gave Robert Maynard, an officer in the Royal Navy, control of 60 men and two sloops—small sailboats that lacked cannons but could pursue Blackbeard in the narrow inlets and shallows of the coast.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Nov. 2024
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Typically 60 feet long and 8 feet wide, capable of bearing 40 tons, the keelboat was specially designed for the western rivers.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
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In a dominating victory in the three-person Soling keelboat at the 1972 Olympics, Melges unseated the sport’s greatest sailor, Paul Elvstrom, who had won four Olympic Gold medals.—
Chris Museler,
New York Times,
22 May 2023
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Those who prefer something more active can rent jet skis or head on a catboat tour in a two-person catamaran.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Apr. 2024
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At the Seafire, everything from nautical motif chairs upholstered in international flags to a traditional wooden Cayman catboat and prints from local pop artist Dready are found beneath the lobby’s 20-foot ceiling, grounded by natural materials, like weathered wood and polished coral stone.—
Shayne Benowitz,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2024
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The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.—
Michael Taylor,
Forbes,
22 June 2022
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The wooden boats competed in skiff, workboat, lugger, trawler, runabout, sailboat and cruiser classes.—
Ann Benoit,
NOLA.com,
27 Oct. 2017
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“Outrigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrigger. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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