as in yacht
a boat equipped with one or more sails
we went sailing on the secluded lake in a little two-person dinghy
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Recent Examples of dinghy
Following Tahiti Beach, the couple used their 8-foot hard bottom dinghy to go to a restaurant at the Abaco Inn, located near Hope Town, a small island village located in Bahamas' Abaco Islands.
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Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Without power on their dinghy, Brian Hooker attempted to paddle to shore and the little boat eventually drifted away, hours later washing ashore near Marsh Harbour, according to his account shared by police.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
The Royal Bahamas police have previously said the pair left Hope Town in an 8-foot, hard-bottom dinghy, about 7:30 p.m. Saturday, headed for Elbow Cay.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
Veglia and his son were in their 7-foot dinghy in the channel, which is near Indian Creek and Biscayne Pointe, when it was struck by the boat, which did not stop after impact, according to the FWC.
—David Goodhue
march 29, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
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Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Without power on their dinghy, Brian Hooker attempted to paddle to shore and the little boat eventually drifted away, hours later washing ashore near Marsh Harbour, according to his account shared by police.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
The Royal Bahamas police have previously said the pair left Hope Town in an 8-foot, hard-bottom dinghy, about 7:30 p.m. Saturday, headed for Elbow Cay.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
Veglia and his son were in their 7-foot dinghy in the channel, which is near Indian Creek and Biscayne Pointe, when it was struck by the boat, which did not stop after impact, according to the FWC.
—David Goodhue
march 29, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinghy
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In this environment of yachts, red carpets and excesses, the cast will give life to a new group of guests whose vacation, if the season follows tradition, will be cut short by a crime.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
26 Apr. 2026
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Gabriela Naranjo, Silversea’s vice president and general manager in Ecuador, told me at the beginning of our journey aboard the company's first destination-specific expedition yacht, Silver Origin.—
David Morris,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2026
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Trump is reportedly pursuing an international coalition to enable ships to transit the strait, and he is being briefed on military options, too.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Docents opened the building with its Titanic exhibit only to find the premises flooded on April 15, the 114th anniversary of the infamous ship’s sinking.—
Gregory Harutunian,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Private speedboat or catamaran charters are nothing compared to the experience aboard the Friendship Rose, a classic Caribbean schooner with soaring sails built by hand on the sands of Bequia's Friendship Bay several decades ago.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Apr. 2026
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En route from Bermuda to Newfoundland, the Swift sank along with the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Barbadoes and the schooner Emeline.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Venter took many samples himself, jumping off his sailboat in places like the South Pacific, into areas teeming with sharks.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Amy Morin and her husband packed up some clothing, their laptops, their dog and cat and made the move from a house in Maine to a sailboat in the Florida Keys in December 2015.—
Amy Morin,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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Palm Beach Motor Yachts has taken its supermaxi sloop to new heights—quite literally.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
24 Feb. 2026
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Now as sailors stepped out into the surf, a great crowd tried to take oars off the first sloop.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Canberra, meanwhile, has committed as much as AU$20 billion toward a fleet of 11 general purpose frigates.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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En route from Bermuda to Newfoundland, the Swift sank along with the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Barbadoes and the schooner Emeline.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Dinghy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinghy. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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