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Recent Examples of outrigger
Your little ones can experience local culture by jumping in outrigger canoes to see turtles, taking beachside ʻukulele lessons, digging for sand crabs, or taking a surf lesson with Rocky, the instructor, and his surfing dog.
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Dyana Lederman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2025
For example, a skier with disabilities can rent or buy equipment like outriggers and braces to help control their speed and balance on the mountain.
—Jaclyn Greenberg, WIRED, 1 Feb. 2025
Six of those pulses were detected by an outrigger telescope 41 miles (66 kilometers) away from CHIME.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
After it was initially spotted, the radio burst pulsed another 21 times through July at the same source – six flares of which were also detected by a smaller outrigger telescope located 37 miles away from CHIME’s main station in British Columbia.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
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Dyana Lederman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2025
For example, a skier with disabilities can rent or buy equipment like outriggers and braces to help control their speed and balance on the mountain.
—Jaclyn Greenberg, WIRED, 1 Feb. 2025
Six of those pulses were detected by an outrigger telescope 41 miles (66 kilometers) away from CHIME.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
After it was initially spotted, the radio burst pulsed another 21 times through July at the same source – six flares of which were also detected by a smaller outrigger telescope located 37 miles away from CHIME’s main station in British Columbia.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outrigger
Noun
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The courts are packed every night, and one of the frequent players is Kristin Howell, who lives on her 43-foot leopard power catamaran, which is currently docked in Fort Lauderdale.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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The package boasts a premium 3-night stay for two, a whale-watching tour via catamaran with local tour operator Cabo Adventures, roundtrip airport transfers, and daily breakfast at El Patio Restaurant.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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The shifting dynamics are analogous in many ways to the relationship between cutters and tailors, says Ji.—
Caroline Reilly,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2025
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Their ability to identify cutters has been off, too.—
Tony East,
Forbes,
12 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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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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Most of the time, a small keelboat barely exceeds 10 knots of speed (11.5mph).—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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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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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 23 Mar. 2025.
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