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Recent Examples of shallop
The seven-foot canvas features only two figures, who stand in a green shallop like Adam and Eve.
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Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 4 May 2022
And so had the shallop, built in Massachusetts in 1957 at the Plymouth Marine Railway.
—Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019
The shallop, by contrast, was meant for shallow water where larger ships couldn’t venture.
—Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019
Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 4 May 2022
And so had the shallop, built in Massachusetts in 1957 at the Plymouth Marine Railway.
—Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019
The shallop, by contrast, was meant for shallow water where larger ships couldn’t venture.
—Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shallop
Noun
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In the Caribbean, wandering yachtsmen on sloops and catamarans know these masts well.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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To ensure Blackbeard was neutralized, Spotswood gave Robert Maynard, an officer in the Royal Navy, control of 60 men and two sloops—small sailboats that lacked cannons but could pursue Blackbeard in the narrow inlets and shallows of the coast.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Nov. 2024
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On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Dec. 2024
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Moreland, who has more than 30 years experience sailing topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques, as well as five world voyages under his belt, said the Picton Castle will be hosting a range of school groups on the vessel.—
Jennifer Larino,
NOLA.com,
6 Mar. 2018
Noun
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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
Noun
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Early last week, NATO's Baltic Sentry mission consisted of three ships: German minesweeper FGS Datteln, Dutch frigate HNLMS Tromp and Dutch hydrographic survey vessel HNLMS Luymes.—
Sarah Dean,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
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In Helsinki on Tuesday, members of the defense bloc with access to the Baltic Sea agreed at a summit on regional security threats — including Russian cable sabotage — to deploy frigates, patrol aircraft and naval drones in the Baltic Sea to help protect critical infrastructure.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Photo : Perini Navi ‘Badis,’ 230 Feet, 2016 Perini Navi Originally launched as Sybaris in 2016 for experienced yachtsman Bill Duker, Badis is an all-aluminum ketch built by Italian shipyard Perini Navi.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
16 Dec. 2024
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The vessel’s 328-foot submersible aft deck—a feature that first attracted her new owner, who uses OK to transport their 150-foot ketch—is now covered in a carpet of artificial grass.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
8 Apr. 2024
Noun
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One trend seems to be more compact boats with larger yacht features—such as foldout sides of the cockpit, lounges on the bow, and big for internal light.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
21 Jan. 2025
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There is a private yacht cruise in Macquarie Harbour, a visit to the Port Arthur penal colony, Australia's most historic site, and the fun of exploring Hobart's Salamanca Market.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.—
Michael Taylor,
Forbes,
22 June 2022
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The wooden boats competed in skiff, workboat, lugger, trawler, runabout, sailboat and cruiser classes.—
Ann Benoit,
NOLA.com,
27 Oct. 2017
Noun
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Dove/Torr Cottage, Centerport After a decade living on their yawl in Huntington Harbor and a stint upstate after his mother died, artists Arthur Dove and Helen Torr were able to purchase an old post-office building perched alongside Titus Mill Pond in 1938.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
27 July 2024
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Prior to the incident, Wilson had been aboard a 52-foot yawl named the Emerald with friends Oster and Colleen McGovern.—
Nicole Briese,
Peoplemag,
24 May 2024
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“Shallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shallop. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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