as in kayak
a long narrow boat that is pointed at both ends and that is moved by a paddle with one blade
They took their canoe out on the river.
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Recent Examples of canoe
Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Paddle In The Ocean Rent a kayak or a canoe and explore the sea and Mexico Beach’s many canals by boat.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025
Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Older kids and teenagers often enjoy spear-throwing with a Maasai warrior, horseback riding, hot-air balloon rides, and canoeing in the Okavango Delta.
—Maija De Rijk-Uys, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
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Noun
In addition to the wealth of historical knowledge on view, the exhibition also presents contributions by contemporary Indigenous artists working in painting, sculpture, and video, as well as traditional arts like basket weaving and canoe making.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Paddle In The Ocean Rent a kayak or a canoe and explore the sea and Mexico Beach’s many canals by boat.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
Visitors can enjoy canoeing, bird watching, and engaging with local communities.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Older kids and teenagers often enjoy spear-throwing with a Maasai warrior, horseback riding, hot-air balloon rides, and canoeing in the Okavango Delta.
—Maija De Rijk-Uys, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canoe
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A week after Hurricane Milton sent a storm surge over Englewood in October, the animal was tangled in a crab trap that had gotten dislodged not far from the boat launch where Ms. Killian kept the kayaks and paddleboards for her business, SUP Englewood.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
4 Mar. 2025
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Instead, embrace the unknown and unfamiliar—travel between towns and settlements is mostly by boats, planes, helicopters, kayaks, and dog sleds, as there are no roads outside urban areas.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025
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The attack happened when the woman was paddling at Tiger Creek Preserve in Polk County on March 3, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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The enormous reservoir sits at the confluence of the U.S. and Mexico borders, and the views offer a mix of steep-walled river canyons and wide-open waterways with 12 public boat ramps and 7 paddling trails.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2025
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Under Trump's flip-flopping raft of tariffs, Washington placed a 10 percent tariff on Canadian energy, the major supplier to U.S. states hugging the northern border.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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Signs for how Beijing plans to address these challenges will also be closely watched, after a raft of policy adjustments since last summer were seen as falling short.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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What about a cold one in giant schooner on your lunch break?—
Miami Herald Archive,
Miami Herald,
12 Feb. 2025
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Biscayne Bay is known for its shipwrecks, and the Mandalay, a schooner that sank in the ’60s, is one of the top sites, as the hull sits in shallow enough water to be seen by snorkelers as well as divers.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
21 Jan. 2025
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Four full-sky surveys are planned over two years, as the telescope circles the globe from pole to pole 400 miles up.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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First, an explanation of the underlying poling data, which Franklin pulled together for this story.—
Craig Gilbert,
Journal Sentinel,
23 Dec. 2024
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In the fourth episode, Chloe welcomes several of the main White Lotus vacationers onto Gary’s yacht.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2025
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The resort also offers The Norma, a lavish Azimut Flybridge 66 yacht available for private charters.—
Kaila Yu,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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In Robert Brill’s set, the stage is shaped like a half-pipe with rungs, so that cast members scramble, pitch, tumble, and row flimsy whaleboats over massive waves.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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Another ancestor had been on the Hudson River, in 1804, when Alexander Hamilton was being rowed back to Manhattan after his duel with Aaron Burr.—
Ian Frazier,
The New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2025
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Conical shells stretch monstrous in our own alien waters.—
Julie Swarstad Johnson,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2025
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Many of the buildings show the scars of the years of conflict — windows blown out and boarded up, chunks of rubble strewn around from shells hitting concrete.—
Clarissa Ward,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Canoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canoe. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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