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Near sunset they returned, manfully pulling the oars as the dories rode low in the water, heavy with glistening, still-wriggling fish.
It was Alexander’s idea, and a clever one, too, for the fern fronds served nicely as the three tiers of oars that jutted from each side of the ship.
She started off rowing normally, and after several strokes of the oars, her head spun around until she was facing forward.
Umpire Matthew Pinsent stopped the race in the second minute after the Oxford boat drifted into Cambridge's path and their oars clashed.
We have no oars to steer, no one who knows how and millions of voters still think it’s a cheap thrill ride at a waterpark.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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