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Recent Examples of dory
He and his dory were overlooked and forgotten by the mothership in a fog leaving him and a compatriot at sea five days from land.
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Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
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Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for dory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dory
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Māori mythology locates Karikari as the location where the first canoes landed in New Zealand.
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But Hearn took his whitewater canoe straight into the raging rapids, where officers later swooped in and arrested him.
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Flores and Álvarez, on one of the skiffs, were floating approximately fifteen nautical miles east of the Fiorella.
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The three male crabs are hauled into our polar skiff; the last goes back into the sea to produce the next generation.
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On Friday, June 19, authorities said in a release that the Royal New Zealand Air Force's (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon crew found the man in his 13-foot aluminum rowboat that morning.
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Even a rowboat can become garden gold with a little imagination.
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The drugs were thought to have been brought over by dinghy from Anzio on the mainland, police said.
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His anti-immigration message has shifted from focusing on Polish plumbers to asylum seekers in dinghies.
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Assateague's spectacular national seashore is best explored by kayak.
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On the Water Rent a kayak, canoe, or stand-up paddleboard from Crystal River Outfitters and explore Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore via the meandering Crystal River.
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That material will then be suctioned up along with seawater and loaded onto large barges, known as scows, which carry a slurry of sediment, rocks and debris.
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The family friends promised to help Wade find work at a seafood processing plant or on a fish-buying scow.
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While some soon-to-be-retirees are called to the beach or the mountains, others are drawn to lake living and all its perks, like watching sunsets on the dock, grilling outside, and taking the pontoon boat out for daily cruises.
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Captain An Electric Boat Around Morro Bay Estero Adventures rents quiet electric pontoon boats that visitors operate themselves.
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Despite a raft of Western sanctions, Moscow remains among the world's top exporters of oil and natural gas.
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Despite a raft of Western sanctions, Moscow remains among the world’s top exporters of oil and natural gas.
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“Dory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dory. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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