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Recent Examples of rowboat
After an hour, a fisherman in a rowboat picked up the three Americans.
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Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025
Alice Austen and Gertrude Tate in a rowboat in Scotland in 1903.Courtesy Collection of Alice Austen House
But when the 1929 stock market crash caught Austen in the crosshairs, her financial standing plummeted.
—Margaret Hetherman, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
Another sweet photo showed the couple spending time together in a rowboat on the lake.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 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
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Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025
Alice Austen and Gertrude Tate in a rowboat in Scotland in 1903.Courtesy Collection of Alice Austen House
But when the 1929 stock market crash caught Austen in the crosshairs, her financial standing plummeted.
—Margaret Hetherman, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
Another sweet photo showed the couple spending time together in a rowboat on the lake.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rowboat
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Over the coming years, a team of 57 scientists and local guides explored all the major rivers and tributaries of the Okavango Delta, traversing this vast landscape in dugout canoes, on motorbikes, on foot, and in armored vehicles.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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Using tools only of stone, bone, and shell, Islanders made wooden spears and clubs, and canoes built from planks stitched together with plant fibers and fitted with outriggers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Nguyen was among those refugees, crowding as a teen on a dinghy heading for international waters.—
Todd Harmonson,
Oc Register,
18 Dec. 2025
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Dock the dinghy at Bar One to enjoy a frozen cocktail or an ice-cold beer at this floating bar anchored offshore.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Dec. 2025
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L’Epée 1839 reinterpreted La Regatta as a Métiers d’Art creation with Georgian enameler David Kakabadze, designed as a vertical clock with a long, slender silhouette drawn from a racing skiff through a blue, rare flinqué enameling technique.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
19 Jan. 2026
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From the skiff, Jewel prayed as the officers cuffed the men, allegedly roughed one up, and eventually coerced him into revealing where the stash was.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
13 Dec. 2025
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Google has now taken action against a raft of malicious apps exploiting its ecosystem and cloud services to attack phones.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Shares of Palantir Technologies and Ralph Lauren could see a bounce next week as another raft of companies get set to report earnings.—
Davis Giangiulio,Christopher Hayes,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Across the marsh, attendees can expect interactive educational booths focused on climate action and civic environmental responsibility, with the chance to join in on kayak tours, muralist demonstration and oral history recordings and more.—
Madison Beveridge,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Hop in a kayak to catch a glimpse of the enchanting, blue-green glow of the Bioluminescent Bay (which claims to have the brightest bioluminescence in the world), sunbathe on Vieques’s pristine beaches, or marvel at the wild horses that roam around the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge.—
Brittany Chang,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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Somebody was evacuating the karaoke machine on a pontoon made of wood and inflatable toys.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Next to it sat a pontoon boat and a basketball goal.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
14 Jan. 2026
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Nelson plays the song on a paddleboat as Peacemaker and Harcourt have a moment.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
24 Dec. 2025
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As the party embarks on the first leg of the journey – a paddleboat excursion westward across the Gulf to the Port of Bagdad – Coleman learns from Turlow the truth behind the trip.—
Erin Douglass,
Christian Science Monitor,
26 Nov. 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 6 Feb. 2026.
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