as in canoe
a small, light boat that is usually for only one person
She rowed the skiff to her favorite spot on the pond and cast her line.
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Up next: Men’s skiff medal race, Aug. 1 at 8:43 a.m.
Oliver Bub, rowing
CT connection: Westport
Bub and partner Billy Bender finished sixth with a time of 6:46.11 in their semifinal heat of the men’s pair.
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Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2024
Finals for all the categories—windsurfing, one-person dinghy, two-person dinghy, skiff, and mixed multihull—are spread out between August 1 and August 8.
—Michael Calore, WIRED, 24 July 2024
Two patrol skiffs arrived as the boat crew recovered the unconscious man, who died after wildlife troopers tried to revive him for an hour, troopers said.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 7 July 2024
Almost every night their radar tracks fishermen laying new nets from skiffs that easily outrun local law-enforcement boats.
—Erik Vance, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2017
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Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2024
Finals for all the categories—windsurfing, one-person dinghy, two-person dinghy, skiff, and mixed multihull—are spread out between August 1 and August 8.
—Michael Calore, WIRED, 24 July 2024
Two patrol skiffs arrived as the boat crew recovered the unconscious man, who died after wildlife troopers tried to revive him for an hour, troopers said.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 7 July 2024
Almost every night their radar tracks fishermen laying new nets from skiffs that easily outrun local law-enforcement boats.
—Erik Vance, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skiff
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And in Long Beach, where the A Line ends, eight sports will be played — rowing, sailing, triathlon, water polo, canoe sprint, artistic swimming, marathon swimming and handball.Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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The home also has a two-story pool house with plenty of storage for water toys, like kayaks, paddleboards, and canoes.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2024
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When the boat was first abandoned, a kayak was onboard.Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
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Bring your own watercraft or rent a kayak or stand-up paddleboard at the park for an easy-breezy paddle.Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
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Google’s big push comes by way of Android 15 with a raft of new updates, while Samsung is arguably doing more, clamping down on sideloading, defaulting to maximum restrictions and pushing its Knox ecosystem as an alternative to Apple’s equivalent.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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In 1952, San Francisco and Antioch became the first communities in California to supplement naturally occurring levels of fluoride in their drinking water, after a raft of studies showing that the mineral made teeth enamel stronger and more resistant to acid.Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Its story began in 1965, when a Texas oil executive named Johnno Jackson and his wife, Helen, were sailing the South Pacific on their schooner, the New Moon.Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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This July 2023 photo provided by State Historical Society of Wisconsin shows the schooner Trinidad's wheel.CBS News, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
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In December, the developers flew Smith, Owens and an unidentified witness to Florida on a private jet for a meeting on a yacht.Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Then Kendall Jenner was photographed reading Babitz on a yacht, and she was name-checked — twice — on the Gossip Girl reboot.Lili Anolik, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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The Federal Aviation Administration also temporarily grounded the Falcon 9 fleet after one of its reusable boosters fell over and burned while landing on an offshore barge in the Atlantic Ocean.Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
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On Thursday, a large barge could be seen working out near the pier, where the contractor Manson Construction is setting up to restart the sand replenishment project as early as next week.Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 31 Oct. 2024
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British rower Imogen Grant — who won gold with Emily Craig in the women's lightweight double sculls on Aug. 2 — offered an in-depth look at the special display box and certificate that athletes are given to store their Olympic medals in a video shared on TikTok.Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
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Rollover Boat Blind Sneak boat or scull boat hunting was a popular method of shooting ducks during the market-hunting days.Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Skiff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skiff. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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