How to Use panga in a Sentence

panga

noun
Definition of panganext
  • The panga was spotted around 3:30 a.m. at the south end of Seacoast Drive and a group of people got off and ran.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Blue lights, sirens and a spotlight were turned on in the government boat, but the panga failed to stop, Ruiz said.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Lifeguards were asked to check on the bright blue panga and found it just off the Children's Pool, off Coast Boulevard.
    — Pauline Repard, latimes.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • Lifeguards were asked to check on the bright blue panga and found it just off the Children’s Pool, off Coast Boulevard.
    — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Mar. 2018
  • This is the second time this month that a panga-style boat has been found onshore in the Crystal Cove State Park area.
    — Sonali Kohli, latimes.com, 19 June 2018
  • The 20 men and three women were taken to San Diego lifeguard headquarters and the panga was towed there.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2021
  • Then get out on the water, on the lookout for whale species such as blue, sperm, and fin; and cruise the coast in a traditional panga boat.
    — National Geographic, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Agents fired warning shots, then shot out the engine, stopping the panga about 12 miles off the Oceanside coastline.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
  • On May 20, one person drowned when a panga stalled off the coast of La Jolla and its occupants were instructed to swim to shore.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2021
  • All told, the Coast Guard crew discovered three panga-style vessels and one pleasure craft, resulting in the seizure of $95 million worth of drugs.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 May 2018
  • Another person died last week when a panga capsized off the La Jolla shore.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2021
  • Eleven males and one female were detained after the panga came ashore and taken to a Border Patrol station.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2021
  • In late fall through early spring, Guaymas fishers went out on their pangas, or small boats, looking for Humboldts.
    — Daniela Hernandez, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2012
  • San Diego lifeguards intercepted the boat in the surf and towed it a little farther out to sea for the safety of those onboard the panga, an official said.
    — Pauline Repard, latimes.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • San Diego lifeguards intercepted the boat in the surf and towed it a little further out to sea for the safety of those onboard the panga, an official said.
    — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Mar. 2018
  • Moore said that even with all the technology on the Stratton, finding a panga or narco sub painted blue to blend in with the ocean was difficult.
    — Ron Nixon, The Seattle Times, 4 July 2017
  • Alerted by the sound, the panga’s occupants hurriedly dropped a gillnet — and fled toward shore.
    — Sandra Dibble, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 May 2017
  • The panga boats and submersibles carrying the drugs aren’t usually destined for landfall on U.S. coasts.
    — Kristina Davis, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Sep. 2017
  • The sportfishing boat remained with the panga until the Coast Guard helicopter arrived.
    — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The panga, and any other migrants involved, were gone by the time authorities arrived.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Just three weeks after the Point Loma shipwreck, a migrant on an overloaded panga drowned off La Jolla.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Journeys by panga are often quite perilous, with smugglers tending to travel farther from shore, at night or when there is fog, to avoid being seen.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2022
  • About a dozen immigrants found off the La Jolla coast in a panga-style boat were taken into custody Saturday morning.
    — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Mar. 2018
  • But the panga instead ran into the vessel and, according to a news release from Customs and Border Protection, also ran into a second boat that had joined the chase.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The loads are often transported to Central America as a waypoint to then be smuggled in panga boats, go-fast vessels or homemade submarines to the western coast of Mexico.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2019
  • The panga was seized and the investigation is ongoing, officials said.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2021
  • The panga has been seized and the five people detained Wednesday morning were taken in for processing by federal authorities.
    — Dana Littlefield, sandiegouniontribune.com, 27 June 2018
  • On Monday, 23 people were rescued off a panga intercepted near Sunset Cliffs.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2021
  • Fish Gaucho: With its rough-hewn interior decorated with folk art retablos and panga style fishing boats, this is the place for Mexican seafood and a huge tequila and mezcal selection.
    — Matt Jaffe, Los Angeles Magazine, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Thirteen Mexican immigrants found off the La Jolla coast in a panga-style boat were taken into custody Saturday morning, authorities said.
    — Pauline Repard, latimes.com, 11 Mar. 2018

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