oarsman
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The oil on canvas shows an oarsman in a top hat rowing his skiff on languid waters.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2023
He'd hoped to be back as an oarsman within a day or two but he is still not in the best shape.
From BBC • May 1, 2021
Now I am drifting through a long afternoon, or beached like an oarsman who has run out of water.
From The Guardian • May 7, 2020
Baldomero Ballesteros Sr. was a local champion oarsman, with the same long arms and strong will as his youngest son.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 13, 2020
Now he was in danger of finishing the most important race he’d rowed without having come close to exhausting himself—the last thing any oarsman wants.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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