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Recent Examples of coxswainWhen Paris hosted the Games in 1900, a pair of Dutch rowers asked a French boy to be their coxswain.—Jenna West, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024 Another Los Gatos boat that claimed silver medals was the Women’s Under 15 Quad-x with a coxswain.—Phil Jensen, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024 Each rowing shell held eight rowers and one coxswain ranging in age from 14 to 18, while the chase boat was operated by their coach, police said.—Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2024 Thank heavens for Luke Slattery as the coxswain Bobby Moch, who straps on a hands-free leather and metal megaphone — a contraption that, to modern eyes, looks like a torture device for mumblers — and instantly screams some life into the picture.—Amy Nicholson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for coxswain
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.
In a confessional, V tells us that her decision to pursue a career as a stew rather than as a deckhand had to do with the fact that being on deck reminded her too much of her late boyfriend, Beau, who died in the ocean.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
21 Oct. 2025
That order sent the paddle wheel going and the deckhand was tragically killed.
According to the Navy, Peterson kept the ship operational and was credited with saving the lives of 123 of his shipmates before succumbing to his injuries.
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Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
27 June 2025
And his castaway shipmate has marvelously oversized whiskers, formidable fangs and a ravenous appetite.
By aiding mariners, Airy believed, such measurements provided a tangible service to the state that the newfangled spectroscopy might not be able to match.
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