dinghy
Example Sentences
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Russian rapper Yegor Krid dialed a friend as he relaxed on a floating dinghy in a music clip released last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The colonizers, four Chagossians aged 31 to 72, clambered aboard a dinghy and came ashore, waving British and American flags.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Some 39 people on a rubber dinghy were rescued on Thursday just south of Crete.
From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025
Having also travelled this route, I know it should take five to 10 minutes in a dinghy to get to the next bay, so they would have got back by 21:00.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
Lucky for us, the storm blew through swiftly, the rain quit, and the dinghy didn’t sink.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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