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Recent Examples of bowman
At 34 yards, the bowman sent a Rage 2-blade, 100-grain broadhead arrow through the deer’s chest.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowman
Noun
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There’s no keel, so the skilled oarsmen work hard to steer them with each stroke.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Apr. 2026
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In Outbound, 2023, oarsmen paddle a boat out to sea, escorted by sinister seagulls.—
James Meyer,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
Noun
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When winds aren’t favorable, Kroehnke can still use a pair of oars to paddle along in his tiny ride.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
30 Apr. 2026
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Like a talisman, anchoring to the here and now, to both the present tense and the constant, impermeability of time, where this one moment, this one oar dipping into water in a lake, is happening now, to me, to you, but also always, but also everywhere.—
Julia Hass,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For rowers, this is the big moment.—
Wakisha Bailey,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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Fall delivers foliage, the return of college students, football season, and the Head of the Charles Regatta in October, drawing rowers from across the globe to the banks of the Charles River.—
Cameron Sperance,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2026
Noun
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But, at one point, a crewman on a what looked like a cargo ship raised his hand.—
Sohel Uddin,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Then overnight Sunday, officials said the second crewman had been recovered.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For once, everyone is more or less rowing the boat in the same direction, with a determined coxswain at the front.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2026
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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
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“Bowman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowman. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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