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Recent Examples of scow
Partway through the trip, their motorboat breaks down, and they are forced to pole more than 200 miles upriver in a scow.
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Krista Langlois, Outside Online, 6 Feb. 2020
Over a century ago, the 80-foot-long scow was dredging for a tugboat along the Niagara River, upstream from Niagara Falls.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2019
The two men opened the bottom of the scow to flood it and slow it down.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 7 Nov. 2019
The commission extensively documented it last year to mark the 100th anniversary of the rescue and grounding of the scow.
—Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2019
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Krista Langlois, Outside Online, 6 Feb. 2020
Over a century ago, the 80-foot-long scow was dredging for a tugboat along the Niagara River, upstream from Niagara Falls.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2019
The two men opened the bottom of the scow to flood it and slow it down.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 7 Nov. 2019
The commission extensively documented it last year to mark the 100th anniversary of the rescue and grounding of the scow.
—Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scow
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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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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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The seven-foot canvas features only two figures, who stand in a green shallop like Adam and Eve.Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 4 May 2022
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And so had the shallop, built in Massachusetts in 1957 at the Plymouth Marine Railway.Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019
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The Shipwreck Bar is an actual schooner that once belonged to the resort’s original owner.Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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The schooner’s South Australian owner escaped conviction on slavery charges because the prosecution didn’t have enough evidence to prove that working conditions at the ship’s destination of Fiji constituted slavery.Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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Park the dinghy at Saba Rock for dinner and drinks and experience one of the most iconic watering holes in the Caribbean, a staple since the 1960s.Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
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Dozens of men and boys who were aboard the overcrowded dinghy jumped into the sea, Doctors Without Borders said.Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 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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In the video, Phoenix happily wanders around the catamaran while wearing a burgundy shirt and matching shorts as the watercraft cruised over waves.Ashley Hume, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2024
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De Mey’s biggest project so far is a custom 69-foot foiling catamaran, powered by quad waterjets and capable of 50 knots, built for New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart.Howard Walker, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
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Hong Kong: Hong Kong Harbor, one of the world’s most scenic, rewards passengers with vistas of skyscrapers, mountains, ferries and sampans.Georgina Cruz, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
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Malay, Chinese and Indian laborers did laundry, steered sampan boats and cleared land for the White military members.Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 Sep. 2022
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“Scow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scow. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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