rowboat
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The waters between Turkey and Greece are dotted with endless tiny islands, as Odysseus learned the hard way, many of them reachable by rowboat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
They had me in the SS Mooch, which was a rinky-dink rowboat.
From Salon ● May 18, 2024
An unlikely friendship between a poor fisherman and a majestic bird that first visited his rowboat 13 years ago has captivated Turkey for years.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
As the trio strongly suggests Eric make a move — with consent, thanks to a few revised lyrics by Miranda — they also make jokes while harmonizing on the oar of the rowboat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2023
It would be difficult to spot a small rowboat floating in the river.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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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
Reserve a free one-hour rental to take one of CWB’s pea-pod rowboats for a ride on Lake Union.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 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
With my parents and siblings, we stayed in white cabins with deep pine-green trim on Schroon Lake, taking rowboats out every day and squealing as the minnows darted around our feet in the water.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2020
The only rowboats the children saw were locked onto storage racks or tied on top of the cabins of the boats they belonged with.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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