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Verb
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President Emeritus at Orange Coast College, Grant is in a class by himself, having sailed or rowed enough times to have circumvented the world more than once.—
Richard Dunn,
Oc Register,
15 Jan. 2026 -
Moran rowed crew all four years at the prestigious school, while Schlossberg studied history.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025
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Young kids paddled near the shallow edges and bigger kids jumped off the cliffs above the swimming hole, causing the adults to gasp and scold.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
4 Feb. 2026
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Video showed one of the rescuers swimming out to Phoenix, who paddled toward the man.—
Riley Rourke,
CBS News,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Oared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oared. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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