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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

All tickets available for Oklahoma City’s softball and canoe slalom events were sold through for both drops.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Hearn, a 67 year-old white-water canoe racer from Bethesda, Md., has kept a low profile since Pirro’s filing Friday night, and his case hasn’t yet been thrown out by a judge.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 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

When the new canoe didn’t sink, the men felt a glimmer of hope.

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

“He said we’ve had about 4 inches of rain and we should probably move the canoes and waterfront equipment,” Edward recalled, describing this as standard procedure.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 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

According to the listing, the three-bedroom cottage features nearly 400 feet of private waterways, outdoor activities like kayaks and canoes and an exercise room.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2026

While the number of canoes has decreased over the years, some still meet there to seal their union.

From Barron's Feb. 12, 2026

Worried that it was just a matter of seconds before the canoes were swept away and wrecked, the camaradas screamed for help.

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

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

The conservationist Aldo Leopold, who canoed through the delta in 1922, described it as “a hundred green lagoons” and said he paddled through waters “of a deep emerald hue.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 31, 2023

The first recorded run of the Middle Fork occurred in 1926; filmmaker Henry Weidner canoed it, taking four months and shooting 800 reels of film for a nature documentary.

From Washington Post Oct. 7, 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

Although Cherrie usually went hunting each morning and had added about a dozen more birds to the collection, he and Roosevelt didn’t see much wildlife as they canoed down the river.

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

At Camp Golden Eagle, in Woodruff, Wis., all the usual activities were ours: baseball, archery, canoeing, swimming.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

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

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

White water rafting, kayaking and canoeing: The Trinity River, a 203-mile tributary of the Klamath River, starts in the Trinity Alps and features calm waters and multiple classes of white water.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2025

The only thing I really excelled at was canoeing, and that wasn’t the kind of heroic skill people expected to see from the kid who had beaten the Minotaur.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan




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