as in bickered
to express different opinions about something often angrily
the couple rows all the time, and yet they seem happy together
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Recent Examples of rowed
Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
DeKalb rowed the rapid just moments before Benjamin.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 23 Feb. 2026
At the bottom of the composition is the figure of Charon, a personage from Greek mythology who rowed souls over the river Styx to enter the pagan underworld.
—Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2026
President Emeritus at Orange Coast College, Grant is in a class by himself, having sailed or rowed enough times to have circumvented the world more than once.
—Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
Moran rowed crew all four years at the prestigious school, while Schlossberg studied history.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
The boat is being rowed onward.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
Finally, two British women recently rowed 8,000 miles across the Pacific to raise money for charity.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 22 Nov. 2025
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Some men who were fishing nearby saw the situation and rowed out to help.
—Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
DeKalb rowed the rapid just moments before Benjamin.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 23 Feb. 2026
At the bottom of the composition is the figure of Charon, a personage from Greek mythology who rowed souls over the river Styx to enter the pagan underworld.
—Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2026
President Emeritus at Orange Coast College, Grant is in a class by himself, having sailed or rowed enough times to have circumvented the world more than once.
—Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
Moran rowed crew all four years at the prestigious school, while Schlossberg studied history.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
The boat is being rowed onward.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
Finally, two British women recently rowed 8,000 miles across the Pacific to raise money for charity.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 22 Nov. 2025
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“Rowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rowed. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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