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paddle

[pad-l] / ˈpæd l /
NOUN
item used for propelling object
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In the early 1980s, he converted the paddle tennis court into a studio.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

On Thursday, the beachside felt calm as a woman was leisurely paddle boarding in the shallows while children played on the beach.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

If the Labour Party is up the creek without a paddle after last week, to revert to Yank lingo, it also finds itself in an anomalous position.

From Salon May 10, 2026

The paddle craze of the decade has bountiful benefits for people living with the neurodegenerative disease.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

His hands were raw from the rough wood of the paddle and he thought that it wouldn’t matter either.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen

He has also designed boats, paddles and other waterproof products, and said he was curious about what materials had been used to paint the pool.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

German media have broadcast the hapless creature lying motionless in shallow water for hours on end, with men in diving suits splashing water on it using kayak paddles.

From Barron's Apr. 23, 2026

The beach is not one from which a surfer paddles out on his or her board, or escapes without being tossed about as if by a washing machine.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 2026

“Yeeaaah,” most of them yell, waving their green paddles in the air.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 26, 2026

I beat and stir the clothes with wooden paddles.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Monitoring from the rear of the group, Paul saw something was wrong, paddled to the right-hand side of the river and left the water.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

Since dawn, he and around 20 colleagues have paddled along the riverbanks in their weathered wooden canoes.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

In 2002, a former math and science teacher and prison guard named John Darwin paddled a kayak into the North Sea from his home in Seaton Carew, England, and disappeared.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2026

We chose a tandem canoe and paddled our way up and down the river, watching the wildlife and soaking up the sun.

From Salon Jan. 13, 2026

Her hands churned and paddled in front of her.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

The accident took place near the iconic Steamer Lane surf break, described by Surfer Today as the heart and soul of Santa Cruz surfing where locals have been paddling out since the 1930s.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Several private schools in Ohio and Virginia permit paddling as discipline even though those states outlaw corporal punishment in public schools.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

Officially called a "temporary use ban" - meaning it only applies to domestic use of hosepipes for actions like filling paddling pools and hot tubs, washing cars and windows, and watering the garden.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

“When you have great coverage, you can relax a little bit. That’s what it feels like now, there’s so many people paddling in the boat with me.”

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

Finding a small floe near an open lead, they jumped onto the floe and began paddling around with ski poles like boys on a raft.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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