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Recent Examples of sampan
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Harbor, one of the world’s most scenic, rewards passengers with vistas of skyscrapers, mountains, ferries and sampans.
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Georgina Cruz, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Malay, Chinese and Indian laborers did laundry, steered sampan boats and cleared land for the White military members.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 Sep. 2022
Max, 6, my youngest, bolted past the staff lined up to greet us and planted his nose on the lee-side picture window to watch a woman in a conical hat haul a net of glittering fish onto her sampan.
—Laura Dannen Redman, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2018
Housed in a pastel-yellow colonial building opposite a 16th-century church, its entrance is flanked by tall vases, depicting sampan gliding between karst hills.
—The Economist, 19 May 2018
The petite young woman who rowed our sampan had powerful, broad shoulders and tough, worn hands gripping the oars.
—Diana Lambdin Meyer, kansascity.com, 9 May 2017
Small sampan boats, ox carts, tuk-tuks, bicycle rickshaws, and your own two feet get you through two countries heavy with history.
—Veronica Stoddart, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2017
Georgina Cruz, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Malay, Chinese and Indian laborers did laundry, steered sampan boats and cleared land for the White military members.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 Sep. 2022
Max, 6, my youngest, bolted past the staff lined up to greet us and planted his nose on the lee-side picture window to watch a woman in a conical hat haul a net of glittering fish onto her sampan.
—Laura Dannen Redman, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2018
Housed in a pastel-yellow colonial building opposite a 16th-century church, its entrance is flanked by tall vases, depicting sampan gliding between karst hills.
—The Economist, 19 May 2018
The petite young woman who rowed our sampan had powerful, broad shoulders and tough, worn hands gripping the oars.
—Diana Lambdin Meyer, kansascity.com, 9 May 2017
Small sampan boats, ox carts, tuk-tuks, bicycle rickshaws, and your own two feet get you through two countries heavy with history.
—Veronica Stoddart, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sampan
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The 2028 Games will be spread throughout Southern California and stretch as far south as Temecula — about 90 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles — and as far east as Oklahoma City, about 1,300 miles away, where softball and canoe slalom will be held.Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
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For now, the skeleton of a female humpback whale is laid out on the floor of the lighthouse, and three canoes are propped up in one wing of the old building.John Bartlett, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
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Emily finds Camille at the House of Monet, where in exactly 72 hours, Camille has managed to become a volunteer with rowboat access.Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
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Two construction workers at a nearby home, identified by Westford Animal Control as Kris and Nate, got into a rowboat to respond.Louis Casiano, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Founder Christopher Columbus Smith built his first wooden boat, a skiff, in 1874, as a 13-year-old growing up on the St. Clair River in Algonac, Michigan.Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
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Located an hour’s drive south of the city, this outfit takes oyster lovers out into the beautiful ACE Basin estuary on a 20-foot skiff.Lauren Mowery, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
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Cruise Arkansas River Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center will host pontoon boat trips on the Arkansas River from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 8-9.Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Patagonia Lake State Park Length: 1.5-mile hike or a pontoon boat tour.Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
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Huang announced a raft of new chips, software and services, aiming to stay at the forefront of artificial intelligence computing.Kif Leswing, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
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From the region: Syria’s interim government has ordered a raft of changes to the country’s school curriculum — including editing the textbooks.Natasha Frost, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Colorful traditional wooden outrigger canoes called pirogues line the beach where men spend hours mending their nets.Sira Thierij, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
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As the team began to pull up its fishing nets, the pirogue pitched sharply.Jack Thompson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024
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Colorful traditional wooden outrigger canoes called pirogues line the beach where men spend hours mending their nets.Sira Thierij, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
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The New York outpost even showcased the outrigger canoe from Mutiny on the Bounty decorating its lobby.Kaila Yu, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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It was purchased in 1890 by brothers John and Alexander Laurie to tow vessels and barges, or scows filled with stone from nearby quarries, in Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay.Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2024
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The foundation could be a raft made of tree logs; pontoon made of fiberglass, steel or aluminum; plywood barge or scow floats made from salvaged wooden and metal hulls; or box floats made of wood, metal or Styrofoam.oregonlive, oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2022
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“Sampan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sampan. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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