scow

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Recent Examples of scow Partway through the trip, their motorboat breaks down, and they are forced to pole more than 200 miles upriver in a scow. Krista Langlois, Outside Online, 6 Feb. 2020 Over a century ago, the 80-foot-long scow was dredging for a tugboat along the Niagara River, upstream from Niagara Falls. Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2019 The two men opened the bottom of the scow to flood it and slow it down. Nr Editors, National Review, 7 Nov. 2019 The commission extensively documented it last year to mark the 100th anniversary of the rescue and grounding of the scow. Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2019 See all Example Sentences for scow 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scow
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
  • The short trail passes faithful re-creations of domed huts and paperbark canoes, offering a glimpse of how the Indigenous Needwonnee people lived and cultivated the land.
    Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Hannah Groth of Any Thyme Catering and her team show off one of their catering feats, a canoe filled with various snacks and bites to eat.
    Kendall Larson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • And so had the shallop, built in Massachusetts in 1957 at the Plymouth Marine Railway.
    Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019
Noun
  • 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
  • Fortunately for Pope and his guests, the schooner’s construction was ahead of its time.
    Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Anton and Charades have already sold the family horror-comedy into a raft of territories, including to Elevation Pictures In Canada and Apollo Films in France.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Out of the gate in his second term, President Donald Trump has delivered a raft of executive orders and policy edicts that are flaunting justice.
    Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • If a hybrid catamaran is more your speed, there are plenty of those heading out to sea as well.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The state-run ferry, Jadrolinija, has a daily, high-speed catamaran service that takes about 3.5 hours to reach Hvar town.
    Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Hong Kong: Hong Kong Harbor, one of the world’s most scenic, rewards passengers with vistas of skyscrapers, mountains, ferries and sampans.
    Georgina Cruz, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Malay, Chinese and Indian laborers did laundry, steered sampan boats and cleared land for the White military members.
    Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 Sep. 2022

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“Scow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scow. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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