as in oarsman
a person who drives a boat forward by means of oars
the racing shell carries four rowers and a coxswain
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Hundreds of refugees began rushing the rowboats; once those were filled, the oarsmen, worried about capsizing and afraid of being stranded, began beating people back.—
Casey Cep,
The New Yorker,
24 June 2024 -
Elsewhere in Europe, graphic designer Tormod Fjeld uncovered Bronze Age rock paintings of an animal, a boat with oarsmen and several human figures while hiking in southeastern Norway.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Dec. 2023
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Startled, Carter splashed the rabbit with an oar, prompting it to retreat.—
Amanda Castro,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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Instead, the risotto is cooked in cylinders the size of oil drums, heated by portable gas burners, and stirred with long wooden paddles that resemble oars.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
16 Dec. 2024
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The late former president may have served honorably as a sailor, but his instincts as president were to shrink and deprioritize America’s naval forces.—
Steven Wills,
National Review,
11 Jan. 2025
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Despite influencing multiple books and movies, in many ways, the sailors' real-life tale is even more harrowing.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
8 Jan. 2025
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Based out of smaller home ports such as Greenport on Long Island, the Picket Force flotilla was known informally as the Corsair Fleet or, sometimes, the Hooligan Navy, an unsubtle nod to the ragtag collection of mariners at its core.—
David Wolman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Jan. 2025
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Perched atop a windswept bluff, this Victorian Gothic beauty has been guiding mariners since 1890.—
Cliff Lewis,
Orange County Register,
13 Dec. 2024
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“Rower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rower. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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