1
: the bow of a ship : stem
2
: a pointed projecting front part
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
That’s probably a good thing considering the vessel features a wooden sculpture of what some say is Bezos’ wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, as a mermaid on the prow.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 May 2026
That afternoon, Potter, Rapp, and Hunt hiked out to Taft Point, a prow of granite overlooking Yosemite Valley.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
And the solidly classical 12-story-high Sheridan Trust & Savings Bank building (1926, Marshall and Fox) at Lawrence Avenue and Broadway in Uptown is another variation on the theme with a less acute angle and no distinctive prow.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The wooden figurehead of a female on the prow is rumored to be modeled after Bezos’ wife, Lauren Sanchez.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
That’s probably a good thing considering the vessel features a wooden sculpture of what some say is Bezos’ wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, as a mermaid on the prow.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 May 2026
That afternoon, Potter, Rapp, and Hunt hiked out to Taft Point, a prow of granite overlooking Yosemite Valley.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
And the solidly classical 12-story-high Sheridan Trust & Savings Bank building (1926, Marshall and Fox) at Lawrence Avenue and Broadway in Uptown is another variation on the theme with a less acute angle and no distinctive prow.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
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“Prow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prow. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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