bowman

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Recent Examples of bowman All districts were open to riflemen and bowmen alike. Ray Alt, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2025 Besides, there’s no question that a lone bowman has the best chance. Ray Alt, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowman
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Following two incomprehensibly slow-motion collisions with other crafts, le photographer takes the oars.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
  • That's not a time to drop the oars and just go with the flow.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The accounts claim that heavy-anti-armor-weapons crewman was one of Kent’s jobs in the Army.
    Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025
  • One Mackay-Bennett crewman described how the ship came upon a cluster of 100 corpses on the second day of the search.
    Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Recommendations From the Washington Post, a story on what a rowing coxswain does.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
  • Throughout the race, the coxswain—who sits at the front of the boat—motivates the crew, steers the course and checks technique along the way.
    Caitlin MacGregor, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Bowman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowman. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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