Recent Examples on the WebAs the team began to pull up its fishing nets, the pirogue pitched sharply.—Jack Thompson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024 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 Recommended The average age of a Senegalese person is 22, and in recent years, many young people like Mr. Faye have voted against this situation with their feet, setting out for Europe in wobbly canoes called pirogues or on long treks across the Sahara.—Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Mar. 2024 The Spanish migration advocacy group Walking Borders said the vessel was a large fishing boat, called a pirogue, which had left Senegal on July 10.—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2023 For the migrants on the pirogue off Dakar, the terror unfolded in the early morning darkness not more than 50 yards from shore.—Dionne Searcey, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2023 For the migrants on the pirogue off Dakar, the terror unfolded in the early-morning darkness not more than 50 yards from shore.—Mady Camara, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2023 Spanish migration advocacy group Walking Borders said the migrants' pirogue, a large fishing boat, left the seaside town of Fass Boye on July 10.—Harold Maass, The Week, 18 Aug. 2023 The vessel was a large fishing boat, called a pirogue, the AP reported, citing the Spanish migration advocacy group Walking Borders.—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023
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