rowed

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Willding rowed back his claim in an email to ProPublica.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

She left for Oxford where she earned an engineering degree in metallurgy, economics and management and rowed crew.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

The directors take a visual essay approach, contrasting Walden Pond and its woods and the rivers Thoreau rowed with sped-up footage of our crazy modern world — which can be a little on the nose.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

The oil-and-gas company seems to be paying for past decisions where it pivoted to renewables and has since rowed back.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

They rowed on past the mouth of the Sea of Éa where long ago Elfarran was drowned, and past the Enlades.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin