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Noun
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In the Caribbean, wandering yachtsmen on sloops and catamarans know these masts well.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025 -
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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The seven-foot canvas features only two figures, who stand in a green shallop like Adam and Eve.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
4 May 2022
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And so had the shallop, built in Massachusetts in 1957 at the Plymouth Marine Railway.—
Brian MacQuarrie,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 June 2019
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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
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Moreland, who has more than 30 years experience sailing topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques, as well as five world voyages under his belt, said the Picton Castle will be hosting a range of school groups on the vessel.—
Jennifer Larino,
NOLA.com,
6 Mar. 2018
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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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Early last week, NATO's Baltic Sentry mission consisted of three ships: German minesweeper FGS Datteln, Dutch frigate HNLMS Tromp and Dutch hydrographic survey vessel HNLMS Luymes.—
Sarah Dean,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
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In Helsinki on Tuesday, members of the defense bloc with access to the Baltic Sea agreed at a summit on regional security threats — including Russian cable sabotage — to deploy frigates, patrol aircraft and naval drones in the Baltic Sea to help protect critical infrastructure.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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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The present day’s global aristocrats invade Miami for Art Week not by galleon under the power of sail, but by private jet under the power of fossil fuel.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
1 Dec. 2024
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The masts and sails of Galanin’s galleon evoke a decisive moment, symbolizing a point of no return, where past actions force a commitment to a new, uncertain future.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
1 Dec. 2024
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Engulfed in the unpredictable Dionysian crowds rocking him left and right like a 15th century caravel, Reed vowed to carry on until morning like locals traditionally do.—
Ana Leorne,
SPIN,
31 Dec. 2024
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But what of those murals glorifying European colonization, with Christopher Columbus sweeping down from the sky in a caravel to find half-naked Native Americans?—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 May 2021
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“Pinnace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinnace. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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