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canoe

[kuh-noo] / kəˈnu /
NOUN
light, paddled boat
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What she heard in candid conversations between canoe outings and poker games made one thing clear: Wall Street’s anxiety about AI is reaching new heights.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

All tickets available for Oklahoma City’s softball and canoe slalom events were sold through for both drops.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Hearn, a 67 year-old white-water canoe racer from Bethesda, Md., has kept a low profile since Pirro’s filing Friday night, and his case hasn’t yet been thrown out by a judge.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

After working with a 17-foot canoe as a centerpiece for the Huntington exhibition, Saar told Curate LA that she felt compelled to return to small-scale pieces.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

I was sitting in a canoe on a great river.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

She thinks the experience will be similar to the days when the area was explored using canoes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Then there are the boats or canoes themselves - generally old, weak, rickety wooden vessels that have often been used for years without upgrades or major repairs.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Observations show the people use narrow outrigger canoes, live in large communal huts, carry spears, bows and arrows, and wear fibre waistbelts, as well as necklaces and headbands.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

“He said we’ve had about 4 inches of rain and we should probably move the canoes and waterfront equipment,” Edward recalled, describing this as standard procedure.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

Within moments, the roaring rapids had sunk both canoes.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

Garwood, who has canoed the length of the Mississippi River solo, an odyssey that lasted 84 days, has a deep reverence for his home ground, and the winter that is part of a Minnesotan’s identity.

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2024

Some residents of the city of 8,000 slogged their way through waist-high water Tuesday; others canoed and kayaked along main streets to survey the scene.

From Seattle Times Jul. 11, 2023

One of Douglas Bruce’s favorite memories of his son was when he was about 10, and they canoed the Boundary Waters in northeast Minnesota, near the Canadian border.

From Washington Post Apr. 26, 2022

“We went up to Osceola and canoed down to Marine on St. Croix. Man, did we have a good time. We got engaged after 53 days; that river did its work.”

From Washington Times May 3, 2021

More than a century later the French explorer La Salle canoed down the Mississippi.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Hearn, who competed in three Olympic Summer Games in canoeing, told US media he visited the refurbished pool after a long bike ride and noticed a piece of partially detached liner.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

On a recent morning, Britt Eastland was inspecting a trail at his family’s summer camp, anticipating another season of fishing, camping and canoeing just six weeks away.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

Frank’s Paddlesport Livery is the first recreational kayaking, canoeing, and stand-up paddleboard operator to open downtown, thanks to the cleanup effort.

From Salon Jan. 13, 2026

Less than a year later, another granddaughter, Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, and her 8-year-old son drowned in a canoeing accident in the Chesapeake Bay.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 10, 2024

Finally we returned to the canoeing lake, where the trail led back to the cabins.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan




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