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canoe

[kuh-noo] / kəˈnu /
NOUN
light, paddled boat
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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

This time, a search-and-rescue team is looking for survivors of a capsized wooden canoe in Jigawa state.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Former canoe racer David Hearn is accused of pulling at a layer of peeling sealant used in a renovation project that President Trump had personally championed and later claimed was targeted by vandals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

There was also a replica of Maui's 6m-long hook alongside a "breathtaking re-creation" of Moana's canoe.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

By evening, they began the time-consuming task of hollowing out and shaping the hard yellowish wood into a canoe.

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

The clean-up team was loaned two canoes from Northampton Active, which were used to support the divers.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

But even at Burke’s, things change: Demand is up for kayaks, down for the metal canoes, which are heavier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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

They want the authorities to help them buy motorised canoes so they can fish safely further out, where fish are still to be found.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

Four grueling days later, the canoes were back on the river.

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 people canoed to the Cavendish Baptist Church in Vermont, which had turned into a shelter while volunteers made cookies for firefighters working on rescues.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2023

The conservationist Aldo Leopold, who canoed through the delta in 1922, described it as “a hundred green lagoons” and said he paddled through waters “of a deep emerald hue.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 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

Several dozen villagers, Tisquantum among them, canoed to the ship.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

A river that is home to about 500 saltwater crocodiles has been given the OK to host Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events at the 2032 Brisbane Games.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

At Camp Golden Eagle, in Woodruff, Wis., all the usual activities were ours: baseball, archery, canoeing, swimming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

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

Not counting the armed man at the Shell station, Zeitoun had seen almost no danger in all the time he had been canoeing around the city.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers




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