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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
Day-trippers dot the lake, braving chilly swims, renting rowboats, and basking in the sun.
—Lucy Kehoe, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 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
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
Day-trippers dot the lake, braving chilly swims, renting rowboats, and basking in the sun.
—Lucy Kehoe, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 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
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
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In 2020, Kathleen’s daughter Maeve and grandson Gideon died in a canoe accident.—
Elle Meier,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
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During Spring Break, the Heard will host nature story time, a bird walk and a wetland canoe trail.—
Alyson Rodriguez,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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The man is due to appear before Brisbane Magistrates Court Saturday, to face a raft of charges including wilful damage, serious vilification or hate crime, dangerous driving and possession of a dangerous drug.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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After a disagreement with his team, Gabriel jumped off his raft and swam to shore, according to his parents.—
Outside,
Outside,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Virginia Department of Health urged residents not to swim, wade, tube, white-water canoe or kayak in the river.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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Planning and Community Development Director Tom Cherry said 764 Holdings plans to give part of the site to the city for a future kayak launch on Salt Creek.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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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 27 Feb. 2026.
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