kayaker

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Noun
  • The next two were the dodo, whose extinction was facilitated by the arrival of Dutch sailors, who brought various invasive species on their ships, and the thylacine, a marsupial with the face of a fox and the stripes of a zebra.
    D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The unique language got its start thanks to a melting pot of inhabitants— Native Americans, English sailors, and pirates from a variety of places—all living together in one isolated location.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Captains and seamen alike reaped the benefits of having these scientists on board with them.
    Will McGough, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The captain of a diving boat has been found guilty of seaman’s manslaughter after one of his passengers died tangled up in the propeller, according to federal prosecutors in Florida.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • It is highly recommended that mariners without the proper experience seek safe harbor prior to the onset of gale conditions.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • For any shipping hub to flourish in the early days of Great Lakes maritime trade, lighthouses were needed to warn mariners of shoals, and welcome boats to critical harbors which still dot the lakes.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • These navigators link impoverished Floridians with the network of religious and community organizations that support them and teach them how to take of themselves, according to Hope Florida’s supporters.
    Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The Herald/Times found that the Department of Juvenile Justice’s ombudsman was working as a hope navigator.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Hundreds of refugees began rushing the rowboats; once those were filled, the oarsmen, worried about capsizing and afraid of being stranded, began beating people back.
    Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
  • Elsewhere in Europe, graphic designer Tormod Fjeld uncovered Bronze Age rock paintings of an animal, a boat with oarsmen and several human figures while hiking in southeastern Norway.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • Although the news has caused plenty of excitement online, particularly among science and animal enthusiasts, experts warn to take the breakthrough with a pinch of salt.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Add 2 cups water and a generous pinch or two of salt; bring to a boil.
    Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • All international and domestic flights were grounded as air traffic controllers joined seafarers, train drivers, doctors, lawyers and teachers in a 24-hour general strike to pay tribute to the victims of the crash.
    Reuters, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The removal of the HRA from the Somali basin increased confidence among shipping companies and seafarers.
    Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Join a kayaking excursion on the Mosquito Lagoon, Banana River or the Indian River Lagoon, and glide across dark waters that pop with sparkling trails of aqua and indigo when the glowing critters are disturbed by oars or passing fish.
    Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Elon Musk is sticking his oar in, George Santos is enduring, and Matt Gaetz is concerned about his contouring January 11, 2025 Reading Time: 5 minutes All through this feature’s brief year-end hiatus, the elite class of Attention Whores kept in fighting trim.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Kayaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kayaker. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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