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canoe

[kuh-noo] / kəˈnu /
NOUN
light, paddled boat
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Maine’s camp culture combines rustic canoe trips and campfires with a polished social ecosystem that brings convoys of black SUVs to the state every summer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

"I actually ended up buying myself a canoe after I lost my leg because all I want to do is get back to outdoor activities," she said.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Moving the softball and canoe slalom events outside of Southern California is a trade off though.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

In the part of the forest they control, he and other Romee youngsters heave logs to be burned and turned into charcoal, then sent by canoe to the provincial capital Kisangani.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

By evening, they began the time-consuming task of hollowing out and shaping the hard yellowish wood into a canoe.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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