canoe
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There was also now "confidence" in the river for canoe sprint athletes, said Thomas Konietzko, president of that sport's governing body, Paddle Worldwide.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
What she heard in candid conversations between canoe outings and poker games made one thing clear: Wall Street’s anxiety about AI is reaching new heights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
He runs an industrial canoe business that he started with high school friends who also grew up in Hawaii.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
After working with a 17-foot canoe as a centerpiece for the Huntington exhibition, Saar told Curate LA that she felt compelled to return to small-scale pieces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
At the bottom, Kermit’s canoe was still upright but it was filled with water and close to sinking.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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The clean-up team was loaned two canoes from Northampton Active, which were used to support the divers.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Then there are the boats or canoes themselves - generally old, weak, rickety wooden vessels that have often been used for years without upgrades or major repairs.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Observations show the people use narrow outrigger canoes, live in large communal huts, carry spears, bows and arrows, and wear fibre waistbelts, as well as necklaces and headbands.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Particularly marvelous are the voyages of the Polynesians who crossed the immense Pacific a thousand years ago in double-hulled canoes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Two days later it looked like the canoes were nearly finished.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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The time they canoed together on the lake in New Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
Garwood, who has canoed the length of the Mississippi River solo, an odyssey that lasted 84 days, has a deep reverence for his home ground, and the winter that is part of a Minnesotan’s identity.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
Some resident canoed and kayaked along main streets, while others slogged through the waist-high water to survey the scene.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
In the language of the nomadic Chono people, who once canoed and lived off this land, queulat means “the sound of falling water” — and queulat indeed followed me everywhere across the national park.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2022
Although Cherrie usually went hunting each morning and had added about a dozen more birds to the collection, he and Roosevelt didn’t see much wildlife as they canoed down the river.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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A river that is home to about 500 saltwater crocodiles has been given the OK to host Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events at the 2032 Brisbane Games.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Hearn, who competed in three Olympic Summer Games in canoeing, told US media he visited the refurbished pool after a long bike ride and noticed a piece of partially detached liner.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Living near the Boundary Waters satisfied Sims’s penchant for the outdoors, and he loved taking his kids on camping and canoeing trips, Cathie Sims recalled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Frank’s Paddlesport Livery is the first recreational kayaking, canoeing, and stand-up paddleboard operator to open downtown, thanks to the cleanup effort.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026
He felt rather nervous, as he had never taken a girl canoeing before.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
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