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Recent Examples of rowboat
Crossing the Pacific Ocean is a daunting task by any measure, but imagine doing it in a rowboat, completely unsupported.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
Newton enlisted the help of his younger brother and a friend, who agreed to follow along behind him in a rowboat with food and other supplies.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 6 July 2025
When every dinner was a cookout with hot dogs and shoestring potato chips, and hours of swimming, chicken fights, sunburn, trolling for bass with a popping bug behind the rowboat and exploring the surrounding woods.
—David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
Adventure intel: Green Lake, the larger of the two, has a sandy public beach with swimming access and a boat house that rents rowboats and kayaks (from $12 an hour).
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 22 May 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
Newton enlisted the help of his younger brother and a friend, who agreed to follow along behind him in a rowboat with food and other supplies.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 6 July 2025
When every dinner was a cookout with hot dogs and shoestring potato chips, and hours of swimming, chicken fights, sunburn, trolling for bass with a popping bug behind the rowboat and exploring the surrounding woods.
—David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
Adventure intel: Green Lake, the larger of the two, has a sandy public beach with swimming access and a boat house that rents rowboats and kayaks (from $12 an hour).
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rowboat
Noun
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His collection included woodland pots from North America, Aztec stone figurines and obsidian blades, a canoe from South America, Indigenous stone tools and weapons, Taino artifacts, an ancient Roman mosaic fragment, and Chinese pottery and armor.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
5 Nov. 2025
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Book a Hawaiian outrigger canoe trip at sunrise to watch dolphins.—
Carla Vianna,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Dozens have died in recent years trying to cross one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes in overcrowded dinghies.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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An additional autonomous dinghy could serve as the above water collection point.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The bulk of the trip was focused on searching for wildlife during skiff rides along the shores and on a walk in the jungle.—
Jeri Clausing,
AFAR Media,
21 Oct. 2025
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On Monday morning, Duane and Bill took the skiff to the far side of the lake.—
Marguerite Reiss,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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When on Nantucket, Swain zooms around the island in a hard-bottom, Navy SEAL–style, super-high-speed raft, a type deployed by the military in Ukraine.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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The company introduced a raft of innovations during its annual GTC event (which is short for GPU Technology Conference, a reference to Nvidia’s core product, the graphics processing unit).—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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Relax by the pool or firepits, rent a kayak and grab brunch at its onsite eatery, Pique Nique.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
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Or check out the birthplace of the Inca Empire in Puno and kayak in the world’s highest navigable lake, Lake Titicaca.—
Ally Jaksen,
Outside,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That misses the point of a pontoon boat, not to mention living on a nice piece of lakeshore.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
25 Oct. 2025
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Kelly’s father owned a pontoon boat that, in high school, had been off limits.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One of the main events is the Pumpkin Regatta where pumpkins that weigh between 500 and 800 pounds are converted into paddleboats and raced across the pond at Elk Grove Park, first held in 2006.—
Marcus Smith,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Take The Kids To Andretti Thrill Park Zoom around an F1 speedtrack, play a round of mini golf or laser tag, take a spin in a paddleboat, or take an exhilarating ride on the Drop n’ Twist Tower.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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Offshore, kite surfers dance across the lagoon while fishermen paddle slender pirogues above shallow coral gardens alive with neon wrasse and ghostly butterflyfish.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Colorful traditional wooden outrigger canoes called pirogues line the beach where men spend hours mending their nets.—
Sira Thierij,
NPR,
26 Dec. 2024
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“Rowboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rowboat. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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