dinghy
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Alnour Mohamed Ali, a Sudanese national, was given a 27-month sentence having previously admitted to steering an extremely crowded dinghy carrying 74 people in April.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
An elite dinghy racer in his youth, he gave the Cup a whirl in 1974 on Mariner, a vessel he claimed would be an innovative breakthrough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Russian rapper Yegor Krid dialed a friend as he relaxed on a floating dinghy in a music clip released last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
A photograph of the aftermath of the operation obtained by the BBC shows a number of men - apparently people-smugglers - on an inflatable dinghy with the police launch alongside.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
“My fleet. I’m glad you asked me that,” Boo Boo said, and started to lower herself into the dinghy.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
Yet Iran primarily sets mines using frogmen on small boats that resemble ordinary fishing vessels, an informal maritime militia of dinghies that is virtually impossible to identify and eliminate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Many of those arrived in the country illegally on small dinghies across the English Channel from France.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Within half an hour of arriving off the French coast, I watched two packed dinghies being escorted into UK waters.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
All of this kit and other tools aim to stop three things from coming together: migrants, the flimsy dinghies and the low-powered engines to power a crossing.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025
Navy destroyer and two coast guard cutters had taken up positions among the usual flotilla of yachts, sailboats, launches, dinghies, and canoes assembling near the finish line.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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