canoe

Example Sentences

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The Sarkin Ruwan oversaw the competition from his canoe.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Her husband, Joseph Hougebe, remembers whistling into the night, eagerly waiting to hear a paddle tapping against the hull of a dugout canoe -- coded signals in the darkness.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

A 2021 photograph by Maree Clarke is an exception; family members in traditional regalia are seated by a reed canoe, with the skyline of Melbourne in the background, powerfully fusing past and present.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Top bundled her into a rented canoe and began paddling toward the nearest hospital, eight hours away.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

Roosevelt gave an extra pair of pants to Paixão Paishon, the camarada whose only pair had been torn to shreds when he had helped build the now-wrecked canoe.

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