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Recent Examples of umiak
Instead, guardsmen showed up in umiaks with small outboard motors.
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Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
The kayak might be fun to us, but for Inuit it, and the big open umiak hunting boat, meant food or hunger, life or death.
—John Oseid, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
The kayak might be fun to us, but for Inuit it, and the big open umiak hunting boat, meant food or hunger, life or death.
—John Oseid, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for umiak
Noun
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What to do: Kayak, canoe and boat camping; day hikes and multi-day backpacking and bikepacking trips; wildlife watching.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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Steamships laden with mail sailed from the East Coast to Panama, where the mail was taken off the ships, transported in canoes or on pack animals, and handed to another steamship waiting on the Pacific side of the isthmus.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Indoor rowing doesn’t have quite the same charm of being in a skiff on a river (sigh, if only), but the best rowing machine will still give you a great workout right at home.—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
23 May 2025
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Cruising through the tributaries with skiffs or kayaks gives travelers close-up access to the wildlife of this remote area.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Rent a kayak, canoe, or tube from New River Outdoor Adventures and get out on the water.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
31 May 2025
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Rent a kayak or paddleboard for a couple of hours, then enjoy a casual seafood lunch.—
Amplified Content Studio,
Mercury News,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Temo sought to give boaters a portable, easy-to-handle means of bringing clean, quiet electric propulsion to small vessels like tenders, rowboats and dinghies.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 May 2025
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Our first glimpse of the low-lying island, roughly 500 miles south of Cairo, is of a fisherman balancing skillfully atop his rowboat in the bulrushes.—
Francine Kiefer,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Temo sought to give boaters a portable, easy-to-handle means of bringing clean, quiet electric propulsion to small vessels like tenders, rowboats and dinghies.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 May 2025
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Pull up the dinghy to The Ranch Escapade, where pristine white sand invites visitors to while away the day with ice-cold drinks and simple, savory Caribbean fare.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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The Sentinelese hunt in the rainforest and fish in the coastal waters using spears, bows and arrows, as well as homemade narrow outrigger canoes, according to Survival International.—
Esha Mitra,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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Travelers interested in Polynesian culture may want to test the resort’s traditional outrigger canoe on a trip to one of the surrounding private islets that share an atoll with the Brando.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
AFAR Media,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Umiak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/umiak. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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