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Recent Examples of bowmanAt 34 yards, the bowman sent a Rage 2-blade, 100-grain broadhead arrow through the deer’s chest.—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025 The aid included a task force leader, three boat operators, three boat bowmen and three boat support personnel.—Nbc News, NBC news, 8 July 2025 Sarah and Nyles hit it off, a twilight hookup is interrupted by a mysterious bowman (J.K. Simmons) who shoots Nyles, and a concerned Sarah wanders into a mysterious cave.—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 July 2020 In 2004, a lone bowman tried to shoot down a coast guard helicopter, and two years later the Sentinelese killed a pair of Indian crab fishermen who drifted ashore.—Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019
Every year, a team of oarsmen are tasked with finding the swans on a stretch of the Thames.
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Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
16 July 2025
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.
The crewman who sent the chain into motion with a single hammer blow was not identified.
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Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2025
That clash in the Spratlys near Second Thomas Shoal, on which Philippine marines are stationed in a rusting World War II naval vessel, left a Filipino crewman missing a thumb.
Written by Lin, Crew Girl is described as a frothy, coming-of-age teen drama about a 16-year-old female rower Teagan (Miku Martineau) who becomes the coxswain of a dysfunctional all-boys rowing team at an elite East Coast Prep School.
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Denise Petski,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
In the 2,000-meter 8+ race, Kate and Gabby shared the boat with a total of eight rowers plus a coxswain who steers the boat and sets the cadence.
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Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Sep. 2025
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