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Recent Examples of coxswain
When Paris hosted the Games in 1900, a pair of Dutch rowers asked a French boy to be their coxswain.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coxswain
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There had also been a man-overboard situation on another boat, although thankfully the crewman was swiftly located and successfully recovered by his teammates.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
17 Dec. 2025
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The beloved character is depicted here as a promising but rebellious Royal Navy air crewman who's recruited by MI6.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Dec. 2025
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Now back in the harbor, the ship arrives as if from the past without its long-missing deckhands, who may have thrown themselves overboard.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2026
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An underdogs’ crime thriller, a fisherman, his reckless daughter and a loyal deckhand catch a Colombian drug drone-submarine in their nets.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2026
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Zumba, a Navy reservist who earlier was a shipmate of Urena on the destroyer USS Carney, pleaded guilty in December to the same charge.—
Steve Patterson,
Florida Times-Union,
29 Jan. 2026
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The exception is a video that lawmakers say shows a second strike on a boat on Sept. 2, which killed two survivors after their shipmates were killed.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
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Like people are trying their best to follow the letter of the law or the exact wording of these orders without completely outing their trans sailors.—
Lauren Hodges,
NPR,
21 Feb. 2026
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Though his injuries were severe, the sailors watched in wonder as the cat determinedly licked his wounds, then got back to work destroying the rats threatening the ship’s food stores.—
Anne Ewbank,
Popular Science,
18 Feb. 2026
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The seaman was patched up, and with his battleship sunk and his country abruptly at war with Japan, Germany and Italy, he was assigned to a destroyer.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
8 Dec. 2025
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Remarkably, all three vessels that mapped California were, likely, Portuguese seamen’s property!—
Paulo Afonso,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Oct. 2025
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The navigator advised them to sign the paperwork and said the loss estimate could be adjusted later, Lowe said.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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The shelter will be open only to Elk Grove residents or those with deep ties to the city, verified through a vetting process, and who receive referrals from the city’s homeless services navigators or police officers.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Last week’s whale sightings by the Aquarium led the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to implement a voluntary slow speed zone called a Dynamic Management Area (DMA) for mariners to reduce their speed to 10 knots to protect the whales.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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Wander the gear aisles where gadgets promise to turn anyone into a better mariner, chef, parent and human being.—
Eric Barton,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Coxswain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coxswain. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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