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canoe

[kuh-noo] / kəˈnu /
NOUN
light, paddled boat
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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

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

This time, a search-and-rescue team is looking for survivors of a capsized wooden canoe in Jigawa state.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Littlewood left Nuffield after the Germany incident and, while the World Championships in China in 2024 was her last canoe polo event for Great Britain, she said you "never really retire".

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

In the summer, they’d take their canoe down the river and get there in a day.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis

She thinks the experience will be similar to the days when the area was explored using canoes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

But even at Burke’s, things change: Demand is up for kayaks, down for the metal canoes, which are heavier.

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

On the park's website, the authority said visitors must not enter the water at any time, which includes using kayaks, canoes, paddle boards and dinghies.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

Armed guards were also protecting the food and supplies as well as the canoes.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

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 residents of the city of 8,000 slogged their way through waist-high water Tuesday; others canoed and kayaked along main streets to survey the scene.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

One of Douglas Bruce’s favorite memories of his son was when he was about 10, and they canoed the Boundary Waters in northeast Minnesota, near the Canadian border.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2022

More than a century later the French explorer La Salle canoed down the Mississippi.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

He worked as a 'youth tutor' at St Joseph's High School in Coleraine from the 1970s to the 1990s, organising after-school activities, like canoeing.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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

“Right outside of town. I think he was canoeing down the river and saw it fly by or something.”

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley




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