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Recent Examples of coxswain
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.
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Caitlin MacGregor, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
When 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
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Caitlin MacGregor, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
When 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coxswain
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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In season 11 of Below Deck, Barbie clashed with chief stew Fraser and was involved with deckhand Kyle.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
12 May 2026
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In the summer of 2017, Keeron Wilson was an 18-year-old deckhand working on a spectator boat in Bermuda, serving cocktails and carving out a modest living as part of the island’s tourism industry.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
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This subsequently sends the starship forward or backward in time, while occasionally (and inexplicably) transforming your shipmates into freaky clay heads.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 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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Well, for me, as a sailor, that’s a warning.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
9 May 2026
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Australian professional sailor Glenn Ashby is a two-time winner of the America’s Cup with Team New Zealand.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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The skeleton was found with a seaman’s certificate and other papers in a leather pocketbook belonging to Petty Officer Harry Peglar of the HMS Terror.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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But what the New Yorker writer left behind is some of the finest prose of the 20th century, focusing primarily on the eccentrics, scalawags, seamen, and other denizens of New York’s dank corners.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
2 May 2026
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Michelle Quesada, interim executive director of Planned Parenthood of Florida, said since the six-week ban went into effect, its patient navigators in Florida have connected more than 6,000 patients to resources in other states.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Schmeeka Simpson of Omaha works as a patient navigator for the American Civil Liberties Union and an administrative assistant at Nebraskans for Peace, plus picks up shifts at a Dunkin’ shop.—
Phil Galewitz,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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These blackouts occur when intense X-ray and ultraviolet radiation from solar flares ionize Earth's upper atmosphere, interfering with high-frequency radio signals used by aviators, mariners and amateur radio operators.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
11 May 2026
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Just know that there is an army of mariners on the ships, moving those goods around the world.—
Steve Kastenbaum,
NPR,
9 May 2026
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“Coxswain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coxswain. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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