canoe
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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
Hearn competed three times in the Olympics in the slalom canoe category, and won two world championships for the sport.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Once it became clear that the survivors of the Mentor were American, the Ngarchelongese agreed to help them get home by building them a canoe to supplement their whaling boat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
He feared the master more than anything, so he did his best to look busy, working with us on the new canoe.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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On summer weekends, thousands show up in Guerneville with kayaks, canoes, inner tubes — just about anything that will float, preferably with a cooler attached.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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
At a command, the pirogue and the canoes drew up together in formation, and three rounds were fired into the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 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
But the canoes were too big and clumsy.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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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
He also was friendly with the Suquamish people who regularly canoed across the lake as they paddled from Puget Sound to Lake Washington.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 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
“We went up to Osceola and canoed down to Marine on St. Croix. Man, did we have a good time. We got engaged after 53 days; that river did its work.”
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2021
That summer he played tennis, swam, fished, and canoed on the Potomac River.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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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
On a recent morning, Britt Eastland was inspecting a trail at his family’s summer camp, anticipating another season of fishing, camping and canoeing just six weeks away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 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
"And often, no sooner were you getting used to having him around, you would suddenly be alone... again," he added above a picture of a lone person canoeing in the sea at sunset.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
Finally we returned to the canoeing lake, where the trail led back to the cabins.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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