dinghy
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Chinese dissident Dong Guangping reached South Korea in a rubber dinghy after a 30-hour journey, facing immigration charges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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
Mohammad abandoned the dinghy and its passengers when a rescue ship arrived, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Tajik Mohammad, 32, had been piloting an overcrowded dinghy across the English Channel in poor weather conditions on 17 January.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
He had seen Maxim take the boat from the moorings, and pull back in the dinghy, alone.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Nestled in Whiterock Bay, Strangford Yacht Club is home to a fleet of racing boats, cruisers and dinghies.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
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
Last year a BBC investigation exposed how Germany's used as a hub, by small-boat smugglers, to store dinghies that are then used for illegal English Channel crossings.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025
She had rowed in dinghies and been out once or twice on large fishing boats.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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