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On Thursday, the beachside felt calm as a woman was leisurely paddle boarding in the shallows while children played on the beach.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

"It's a paddle that is attached to the bottom of a metal rod and I've made a leg that I can walk into the water with and can actually swim," he explained.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

If the Labour Party is up the creek without a paddle after last week, to revert to Yank lingo, it also finds itself in an anomalous position.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

The paddle craze of the decade has bountiful benefits for people living with the neurodegenerative disease.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Mo pointed ahead with the paddle and cried, "Look!"

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Griffin added it was sad to see closures for a second summer running, but she stopped short of blaming maintenance issues alone, pointing to boaters who had hit gates or left lock paddles open.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

German media have broadcast the hapless creature lying motionless in shallow water for hours on end, with men in diving suits splashing water on it using kayak paddles.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

The beach is not one from which a surfer paddles out on his or her board, or escapes without being tossed about as if by a washing machine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

“Yeeaaah,” most of them yell, waving their green paddles in the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Mud was all over everything, and one of the paddles was all bent and twisted.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White

Then we paddled around the estuary on a pre-breakfast kayak tour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Since dawn, he and around 20 colleagues have paddled along the riverbanks in their weathered wooden canoes.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

We chose a tandem canoe and paddled our way up and down the river, watching the wildlife and soaking up the sun.

From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026

Hundreds of swimmers and surfers paddled out at Bondi beach yesterday to create a giant circle to pay tribute to the victims of the attack.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025

She lay down and kicked her legs, but kicking Chica in the head didn’t seem a good way to thank her, so she crouched forward and paddled with her hands.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

The accident took place near the iconic Steamer Lane surf break, described by Surfer Today as the heart and soul of Santa Cruz surfing where locals have been paddling out since the 1930s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Several private schools in Ohio and Virginia permit paddling as discipline even though those states outlaw corporal punishment in public schools.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

Households are being asked to use watering cans or buckets for activities such as watering gardens, filling paddling pools or washing cars.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

“When you have great coverage, you can relax a little bit. That’s what it feels like now, there’s so many people paddling in the boat with me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

I just remember diving, turning somersaults, and paddling around.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins