skiff
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The boy, identified by family members as Derek Parker Aghnaanga, was the lone survivor from the skiff, having lost his older brother and cousin in the incident.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Stern approached the agreed-on pickup point on a 31-foot center console boat—bigger than Machado’s skiff but still vulnerable on treacherous open seas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Madison especially thought pure direct democracy would prove unstable, a too-slight skiff heaved about in history’s seas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
They also had recovered their skiff, which sustained damage that rendered it non-functional, and said they needed help getting back to Polowat.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2024
“I’d sooner paddle out to that storm in a metal skiff with a flagpole strapped to my back than leave you here to watch such a thing.”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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