rowboat

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Recent Examples of rowboat Rivera, who met Goldberg at a dinner with his manager five years ago, ran with the idea, placing a cast of Puerto Rican luminaries in the famous rowboat alongside Bad Bunny — who is draped in the Puerto Rican flag and standing in Washington’s place. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026 Departments drift, leaders optimize for local wins and the organization becomes a rowboat where everyone’s rowing hard, but not together. Monte Wyatt, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026 After an hour, a fisherman in a rowboat picked up the three Americans. Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025 Crossing the Pacific Ocean is a daunting task by any measure, but imagine doing it in a rowboat, completely unsupported. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rowboat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rowboat
Noun
  • That includes boats, kayaks, canoes and personal watercraft.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
  • Buenavista, which emerged in the 1950s, has around 1,150 residents and 163 similarly vibrant homes, where residents travel between houses, shops and schools by small boats or canoes.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • Brian said that his wife fell overboard from their eight-foot dinghy while the couple motored back to their yacht, Soulmate, off the coast of Elbow Cay around dusk.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
  • Federal investigators have been looking beyond the dinghy route described in earlier accounts and are now seeking potential witnesses who may have been near Soulmate before or around the time Lynette was reported missing.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 5 May 2026
Noun
  • Another unique addition to the outdoor space is a wooden skiff from Martha's Vineyard, which Leon says was one of his dad's favorite anecdotes to share with visitors.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
  • Over several weeks during the summers of 2020 through 2023, our team spent many hours navigating Mosquito Lagoon in a small skiff designed for shallow depths, recording seagrass presence.
    Hannah V. Herrero, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Basic logging is included at no charge, while a subscription unlocks a raft of premium features.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 May 2026
  • New reports don’t end disagreements The latest raft of reporting, with mysterious figures and unexplained sounds, has not yet made a believer out of skeptic Benjamin Radford.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Go scuba diving, take a glass-bottom boat tour, or paddle a kayak.
    Lisa A. Beach, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
  • Choose from rooms, cabins, or lakefront homes, and look for amenities like kayak tours, saunas, spas, pools, outdoor hot tubs, and a variety of restaurants.
    Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • The all-season lakefront resort offers family-friendly amenities and activities like weekend campfires with s’mores, pontoon boat charters, lawn games, and watercraft rentals.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • Rent a pontoon, kayak, or paddleboard to explore the lakes, or float a gentle stretch of the Ottertail River with Charlie’s Ottertail Tubing.
    Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Midwest Living, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Stillwater River Boats offers seasonal tours of the St. Croix on an old-fashioned paddleboat, including sightseeing and jazz cruises.
    Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Watch paddleboats race across the Tidal Basin, cheer on your March Madness favorites, attend a film festival or explore Georgetown’s art galleries.
    Adele Chapin, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 15 May. 2026.

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