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dinghy

[ding-gee] / ˈdɪŋ gi /
NOUN
boat
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Some 6,000 people have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel by inflatable dinghy so far this year.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Russian rapper Yegor Krid dialed a friend as he relaxed on a floating dinghy in a music clip released last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The colonizers, four Chagossians aged 31 to 72, clambered aboard a dinghy and came ashore, waving British and American flags.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

A photograph of the aftermath of the operation obtained by the BBC shows a number of men - apparently people-smugglers - on an inflatable dinghy with the police launch alongside.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

While he performed this office, Serjeant Clippinger, Bono, and I waited in the dinghy, desperate to cast off with Olakunde standing by to hand them in to us.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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