as in bickering
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 rowing
Alexander Jabbour, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Of course, this malady could be overcome by ordering a DSG automatic GLI, but then any fun gleaned by rowing your gears is also lost.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
As the legs are then drawn back on the forward stroke, those now-underwater fans cup the water like the webs between a frog's toes, rapidly rowing the insect forward.
—New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2025
Beyond the engineering, the brothers are rowing to fund long-term access to clean drinking water in Madagascar.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
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Team morale improves when engineers and designers see direct user impact rather than rowing toward abstract goals.
—Alexander Jabbour, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Of course, this malady could be overcome by ordering a DSG automatic GLI, but then any fun gleaned by rowing your gears is also lost.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
As the legs are then drawn back on the forward stroke, those now-underwater fans cup the water like the webs between a frog's toes, rapidly rowing the insect forward.
—New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2025
Beyond the engineering, the brothers are rowing to fund long-term access to clean drinking water in Madagascar.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Rowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rowing. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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