dinghy
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Mohammad abandoned the dinghy and its passengers when a rescue ship arrived, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
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
The dinghy they were travelling on became swamped and capsized in the early hours of 24 November 2021, in what became the deadliest Channel small boat incident on record.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
Tied, and stripped of its main and jib sails, the dinghy floated at a perfect right angle away from the far end of the pier.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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