oarswoman

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Recent Examples of oarswoman Manhattan label Rowing Blazers has championed tongue-in-cheek preppy style since it was founded in 2017 by US national team rower Jack Carlson and his partner, champion oarswoman Keziah Beall. Georgia Murray, refinery29.com, 20 Oct. 2020 Soon, a woman on another boat called out to our oarswoman. Diana Lambdin Meyer, kansascity.com, 9 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oarswoman
Noun
  • Instead, the risotto is cooked in cylinders the size of oil drums, heated by portable gas burners, and stirred with long wooden paddles that resemble oars.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Moana comes with a flower crown, an oar, a conch shell, and her signature necklace.
    Quincy Bulin, Parents, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Hundreds of refugees began rushing the rowboats; once those were filled, the oarsmen, worried about capsizing and afraid of being stranded, began beating people back.
    Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
  • Elsewhere in Europe, graphic designer Tormod Fjeld uncovered Bronze Age rock paintings of an animal, a boat with oarsmen and several human figures while hiking in southeastern Norway.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • Sarah and Nyles hit it off, a twilight hookup is interrupted by a mysterious bowman (J.K. Simmons) who shoots Nyles, and a concerned Sarah wanders into a mysterious cave.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 July 2020
  • In 2004, a lone bowman tried to shoot down a coast guard helicopter, and two years later the Sentinelese killed a pair of Indian crab fishermen who drifted ashore.
    Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019
Noun
  • The Collegeville outfit came with the mask of a scowling pirate with an open eye-patch that looked more like a black eye and a sickly green pallor that would shiver the timbers of the saltiest sea dog.
    René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Most sea dogs dreamed of one large prize and melting into polite society.
    Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024

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“Oarswoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oarswoman. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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