Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oaring
Verb
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Early risers might have seen crews of young people rowing boats and beating drums on Vasona Lake in Los Gatos, where one of the few South Bay dragon boat teams was practicing for an upcoming international race.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
17 Sep. 2025 -
While Indigenous groups have lived in the region for thousands of years, the river was largely introduced to the Western world when geographer John Wesley Powell ran his famed descent in 1869, shortly before becoming the first person to document rowing the Grand Canyon.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The surf session started with an exchange with two other surfers in the water, Ely and friend Thomas Alspaugh, the wave riders jockeying for position, paddling deeper than one another, competing for the best waves.—
Laylan Connelly,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Oct. 2025
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On a rainy Saturday last summer, I can be found paddling out, popping up, and generally hanging ten—goofily, shakily, semi-triumphantly—in a skylit East Village walk-up.—
Sally Singer,
Vogue,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Like going to Tahoe and kayaking in the two person kayak is like, that's like part of it.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
30 July 2025
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“Oaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oaring. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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