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dory

noun

Definition of dory

as in canoe

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Recent Examples of dory Floating a dory through the Grand Canyon was my ultimate goal. — Outside Online, 20 Aug. 2025 Everything was hunky dory when federal law enforcement was raiding Mar-a-Lago and President Joe Biden was getting a free pass? — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025 Luckily, once the job is done, everything seems pretty hunky dory, as if there had never been any reckonings at all. — James Grebey, Vulture, 23 May 2025 Ride in a traditional wooden dory boat piloted by our trip leader, Kale Cimperman, who regales his passengers with tales of the early Idaho rafting guides – the subject of his master’s thesis. — Eileen Ogintz, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023 See All Example Sentences for dory

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Noun

Travis Meier is a portage runner who carries canoes to raise awareness for Minnesota's public lands.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
The pair also had a daughter, Harper, who died in a canoe accident that Verity and Crew survived.

— Glamour, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of canoe

Noun

Matt Steven stepped into the booth at the start of 2026, having already coached New Zealand’s 49er skiff crew to an Olympic silver medal at Paris 2024.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
The teen told White that his brother was still under the skiff at the time of his rescue, according to the Anchorage Daily News.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of skiff

Noun

As pheasants dart around the 13,000-acre Althorp estate, Charles Spencer carefully climbs into a small rowboat on the edge of Althorp’s historic Round Oval lake and paddles to the center island.

— Michelle Tauber, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
In Sacramento, the new governor, Leland Stanford, had to be taken to his inauguration by rowboat.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of rowboat

Noun

And to explore the surroundings, the schooner has a sailing dinghy and bicycles prepped and ready for its passengers.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
On Tuesday, hundreds of activists gathered at a marina in Gosport, near Portsmouth, as Thomas filmed himself going out to sea to try to intercept a dinghy carrying dozens of migrants across the Channel from France.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of dinghy

Noun

Daily activities ranging from Zodiac whale watching excursions to bear-viewing by kayak make this feel like the Pacific Coast version of an African safari.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The man, not yet identified, was fishing from his kayak about two miles off the coast near Paradise Cove, NBC Los Angeles reported.

— Jasmine Mendez Follow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of kayak

Noun

That material will then be suctioned up along with seawater and loaded onto large barges, known as scows, which carry a slurry of sediment, rocks and debris.

— Teresa Tomassoni, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
The family friends promised to help Wade find work at a seafood processing plant or on a fish-buying scow.

— Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025

Definition of scow

Noun

Twenty-six miles to the south, Ronald Conley rescued his dogs from his elevated house with a pontoon boat.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Highlights and experiences It is always a special event stepping out of Venice’s airport onto a pontoon and a polished mahogany water taxi that drops you off canalside near your hotel, after a purr through the Grand Canal.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of pontoon

Noun

In the aftermath of City being found guilty of a raft of financial breaches another fierce welcome was expected.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
The album slides between styles surprisingly smoothly and with a remarkable assurance; a raft of collaborators contribute production (primarily Bartees Strange, Grammy winner Mike Elizondo and Avis Reese) but there’s no question who’s in charge.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

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