pirogue

Example Sentences

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The joy of having made it outweighed the difficulty some were having walking after days crammed into a pirogue.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

The IOM said around 300 people had boarded a wooden pirogue boat in Gambia, and spent seven days at sea before the boat capsized on 22 July.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

Artists hung paintings from trees, converted the walls of stores and restaurants into galleries, and filled some of Dakar’s run-down architectural gems with installations — piles of rubble, pieces of pirogue boats, a tennis court.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

Massive cargo ships passed the would-be migrants by almost every day, destabilizing their shaky wooden canoe-like boat, known as a pirogue.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023

He stopped paddling and let his pirogue drift, taking up again only once the current dragged him backward.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer