rowboat
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Behind, at some distance, is a rowboat with whalers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
They had me in the SS Mooch, which was a rinky-dink rowboat.
From Salon ● May 18, 2024
Right now, it’s a dumpster fire on the Titanic — and I’m about ready for a rowboat to take me far, far away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
When museum representatives notified him that they could no longer house the JRH, Hanssen said deciding what to do with the rowboat brought up many bittersweet feelings.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2023
Winnie, newly brave with her thoughts of being rescued, climbed boldly into the rowboat.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
The Minions, we learn in their latest adventure, were originally a seafaring folk who traveled the oceans in rowboats looking for the most evil and despicable master they could possibly find.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Thus, any rivercraft sailing past Fall City today consists only of recreational rowboats, rafts and kayaks.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
The Times tooted its own considerable horn about the armada of kayaks and rowboats it launched to deliver the newspapers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
As Ms. Davis emerged from her grief, she made a painting of two rowboats — “side by side but not touching,” she observed, just like “Neddy and me.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2020
The friendly man untied the rope from the least sorry of the rowboats, put the rope in Johnny’s hand, wished him luck and went back to his shack.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
