1
: the propelling of a boat by means of oars : the action of one that rows
2
: the sport of racing in shells
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She was on the rowing team.
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The Seniors Rowing 101 program is in its third year and this summer, 15 people came out to try three free rowing lessons with CLCR, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire a love of rowing and promote healthy activity in the community.
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Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026
Built in the shape of the signature Docksides boat shoe, the vessel will sail along the river Arno this week, timed with menswear trade show Pitti Uomo, when the brand will also host a party at the local Circolo Canottieri rowing club.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
Sports have been part of America’s big birthday celebrations in Philadelphia dating back to the Centennial Exposition of 1876, which featured an international regatta and helped establish Philadelphia as a global center for rowing.
—Jared Bahir Browsh, The Conversation, 9 June 2026
The Athletic was in the room at Carls, a bar in Oslo, as the Oljeberget capos first demonstrated the rowing action to their members, symbolising how the seafaring Vikings raided and settled across Europe and beyond in the eighth to 11th centuries.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 9 June 2026
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Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026
Built in the shape of the signature Docksides boat shoe, the vessel will sail along the river Arno this week, timed with menswear trade show Pitti Uomo, when the brand will also host a party at the local Circolo Canottieri rowing club.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
Sports have been part of America’s big birthday celebrations in Philadelphia dating back to the Centennial Exposition of 1876, which featured an international regatta and helped establish Philadelphia as a global center for rowing.
—Jared Bahir Browsh, The Conversation, 9 June 2026
The Athletic was in the room at Carls, a bar in Oslo, as the Oljeberget capos first demonstrated the rowing action to their members, symbolising how the seafaring Vikings raided and settled across Europe and beyond in the eighth to 11th centuries.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 9 June 2026
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“Rowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rowing. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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rowing
noun
row·ing
ˈrō-iŋ 
: the sport of racing long narrow boats rowed by oars
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