pirogue

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Recent Examples of pirogue The Spanish migration advocacy group Walking Borders said the vessel was a large fishing boat, called a pirogue, which had left Senegal on July 10. Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2023 For the migrants on the pirogue off Dakar, the terror unfolded in the early morning darkness not more than 50 yards from shore. Dionne Searcey, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2023 For the migrants on the pirogue off Dakar, the terror unfolded in the early-morning darkness not more than 50 yards from shore. Mady Camara, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2023 Spanish migration advocacy group Walking Borders said the migrants' pirogue, a large fishing boat, left the seaside town of Fass Boye on July 10. Harold Maass, The Week, 18 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for pirogue 
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Noun
  • This quest to connect the Pacific peoples will take her even further than before, introducing a quirky crew who each embody ancient Polynesian knowledge: canoe building, farming, and storytelling.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The 2028 Games will be spread throughout Southern California and stretch as far south as Temecula — about 90 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles — and as far east as Oklahoma City, about 1,300 miles away, where softball and canoe slalom will be held.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Founder Christopher Columbus Smith built his first wooden boat, a skiff, in 1874, as a 13-year-old growing up on the St. Clair River in Algonac, Michigan.
    Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Located an hour’s drive south of the city, this outfit takes oyster lovers out into the beautiful ACE Basin estuary on a 20-foot skiff.
    Lauren Mowery, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • On Christmas Eve 1788, settlers hopped into flatboats at Limestone (Maysville, Kentucky) and traveled for four days down the icy Ohio River to establish Losantiville, later called Cincinnati.
    Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The early whiskey makers in Kentucky were the first to barrel and ship their whiskey on flatboats down to New Orleans.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • After that, the cast headed out on their first mission, which required them to paddle a rowboat around the loch and capture a maximum of $40,000 while leaving two contestants at each of the five pontoons along the way, which also left them vulnerable to be the first one murdered.
    Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
  • In another, overlooking a Han River marina, there are three interlocking layers: water (most of the picture), hilly horizon, and, at left, a scalloped edge of rowboats and storage sheds that pulls your eyes downward.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Known for its wild ponies, book a kayak tour or nature cruise with Assateague Explorer to see ponies up-close at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.
    Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Barefoot Travelers leads kayak tours that take you as close as legally allowed.
    Amy Gordon, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Park the dinghy at Saba Rock for dinner and drinks and experience one of the most iconic watering holes in the Caribbean, a staple since the 1960s.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Dozens of men and boys who were aboard the overcrowded dinghy jumped into the sea, Doctors Without Borders said.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Rivera was reported missing after renting a pontoon boat with Josey and falling out.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Cruise Arkansas River Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center will host pontoon boat trips on the Arkansas River from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 8-9.
    Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In his final days in the White House, Biden issued another raft of loan relief totaling $600 million for 150,000 borrowers.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
  • However, between now and then the Fed will get a raft of data, and perhaps a clearer picture of how Trump’s actions will measure up against his words.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025

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