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dinghy

[ding-gee] / ˈdɪŋ gi /
NOUN
boat
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Teen charged over record crossing on 'mega dinghy'

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

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

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

Dicey thought that if she left the dinghy there it had a good chance of being claimed or returned.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

Oxford's Migration Observatory, external believes the emergence of these mega dinghies is likely connected to increased enforcement, as there is an "additional incentive for smugglers to fit as many people as possible into available boats".

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

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

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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