bowman

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Recent Examples of bowman 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 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
  • Every year, a team of oarsmen are tasked with finding the swans on a stretch of the Thames.
    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.
    Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
Noun
  • Stay an oar's length away from what is, though not large, A FREAKING ALLIGATOR!
    NEAL RUBIN, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • With Tyler standing at the oars, the band advances from the back of the pack, Ace and Michael on the bow playing Jimmy Cliff’s Sitting Here in Limbo.
    John Briley, Outside, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • From an outcome perspective, these rowers were synchronizing power and rhythm in perfect alignment.
    Jerry Cahn, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • 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.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The skipper needs two crewmen, who turn out to be Nick (McKay) and Liam (Turner).
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 30 Aug. 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.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    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.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Bowman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowman. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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