oarsman
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oarsmen
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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
Their fate wasn’t discovered until 1808, when the captain of an American merchant ship anchored just off Pitcairn Island heard a local oarsman speaking “crisp and proper English.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
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
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
The enormously complicated sequence of movements, each of which an oarsman must execute with exquisite precision, becomes exponentially more difficult to perform as the stroke rate increases.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
These oarsmen went on to be significant contributors to their communities, from surgeons and veterinarians to bankers and executives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Both oarsmen competed in the previous two races, with Ferraro hoping for a hat-trick and Doran wishing to break a losing streak.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025
Cortés deployed newly built brigantines with sails, oarsmen and cannon while blockading supplies of food and fresh water to the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2021
According to one ancient writer, it carried 4,000 oarsmen, 400 other sailors and 3,000 marines.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2018
They were already the two lightest oarsmen in the boat, and he had planned to make sure they put on some weight during the voyage.
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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