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or currach
as in skiff
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From the skiff, Jewel prayed as the officers cuffed the men, allegedly roughed one up, and eventually coerced him into revealing where the stash was.—
Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
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In addition to Machado, two people were on board the fishing skiff that skipped across the sea after a two-month planning process.—
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Los Angeles area residents and those in the Oklahoma City region, the site of softball and canoe slalom, who register for the ticket draw will have a chance to secure a time slot during a special early-access window, according to LA28.—
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The canoe turned over; Pedro disappeared.—
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The Irish claim centers on St Brendan, who in the sixth century is said to have sailed to America in his coracle.—
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Nguyen was among those refugees, crowding as a teen on a dinghy heading for international waters.—
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Dock the dinghy at Bar One to enjoy a frozen cocktail or an ice-cold beer at this floating bar anchored offshore.—
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Instead, guardsmen showed up in umiaks with small outboard motors.—
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The kayak might be fun to us, but for Inuit it, and the big open umiak hunting boat, meant food or hunger, life or death.—
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The seven-foot canvas features only two figures, who stand in a green shallop like Adam and Eve.—
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The shallop, by contrast, was meant for shallow water where larger ships couldn’t venture.—
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The family friends promised to help Wade find work at a seafood processing plant or on a fish-buying scow.—
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In a startling revelation, the crew members aboard this intergalactic garbage scow turn out to be the descendants of American astronauts launched 200 years earlier during humanity's pre-warp, post-World War III days.—
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Next comes Emergency Medical Services in a rowboat.—
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By Caity Weaver My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, existential dread, and a rowboat.—
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“Curragh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curragh. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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