sculling

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A gifted athlete, he became the first Indian to win the Macklin Sculls - a prestigious single sculling race - at the Calcutta Lake Club in 1938.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The longer you stay underwater, kicking your feet, sculling your arms against all that heaviness and bright blue, the worse it gets.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2022

They leaned against their kitchen counters for backbends and handstands and used resistance bands to practice sculling, the vigorous hand and forearm movements that help propel the swimmers.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2021

During covid we got our sculling license, so we’d do some sculling for maybe an hour.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2021

“You seem a little old for this,” she said, sculling out spoons of flesh from her half melon.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee