outrigger

Example Sentences

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A custom paint job on an outrigger canoe on the Ka’anapali coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024

He saw the veterans as descendants of the ancient CHamoru warfighters, who had taken on the Spanish conquistadors with slings in hundreds of sail-powered outrigger canoes, circling them at two to three times their speed.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2023

Then the only way in and out of Agutaya is a drenching, two-hour roller coaster ride in an outrigger canoe.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2023

If a burst is detected, data from the outrigger dishes allow the telescope to zoom in and pin the FRB to its galaxy.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 31, 2023

This boat was plain and simple, with no sail or outrigger, and, as it moved closer, Razi saw it had some strange lettering etched on the side.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook