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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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And in Long Beach, where the A Line ends, eight sports will be played — rowing, sailing, triathlon, water polo, canoe sprint, artistic swimming, marathon swimming and handball.Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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The home also has a two-story pool house with plenty of storage for water toys, like kayaks, paddleboards, and canoes.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2024
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Richard binds Iris' wrists with zip ties and places her in a rowboat.Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Emily and Camille have a fight across rowboats, which, implausibly but obviously, ends with them both in the water and getting thrown out.Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
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Whether focused on a sumptuous superyacht that sleeps 12, a simple flats fishing skiff, or a pleasant day focused on boat wishes and people watching, FLIBS is an enjoyable experience where boating dreams are born, nurtured, and fulfilled for a large number of the 100,000+ attendees.Kathleen Turner, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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By Saturday evening, Savannah's Richmond Hill neighborhood was transformed into a network of canals navigable by skiff boat, or in a pinch, recreational paddle boards.Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
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Bach Boats rents pontoons with waterslides, deck boats, and other vessels to take out for the day.Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2024
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The 45-foot-long, yellow pontoon named Woodstock, in honor of one of the original three Alameda settlements formed in 1853, will have room for roughly 34 people and 14 bicycles.Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
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In 1952, San Francisco and Antioch became the first communities in California to supplement naturally occurring levels of fluoride in their drinking water, after a raft of studies showing that the mineral made teeth enamel stronger and more resistant to acid.Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Google’s big push comes by way of Android 15 with a raft of new updates, while Samsung is arguably doing more, clamping down on sideloading, defaulting to maximum restrictions and pushing its Knox ecosystem as an alternative to Apple’s equivalent.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 5 Nov. 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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Artists hung paintings from trees, converted the walls of stores and restaurants into galleries, and filled some of Dakar’s run-down architectural gems with installations — piles of rubble, pieces of pirogue boats, a tennis court.Ruth Maclean, New York Times, 30 May 2024
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Todd DaSilva tells of outriggers across Oceana and delve into an ancient super city on the banks of the Mississippi River.Joe Sills, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Watch outriggers glide down the Ala Wai from your breezy rooftop lanai while sipping a cup of Kona coffee, then pop down to Redfish for a proper bowl of poke.Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 11 Oct. 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 21 Nov. 2024.
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