boatman
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The Bumps is closer to cheese-rolling than rowing, the Peterhouse boatman explained in a pep talk to the squad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Standing beside a row of tethered punts on the River Stour, boatman James Matharu says while he has heard about other businesses getting cancellations, things are "still pretty busy here".
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
"I'm an old boatman, I have experienced another four floods in the village. This was the worst," he told media.
From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2023
Levin Dukes, a boatman, built the house and was its first occupant.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
Anything's possible in the country of the njuzu, the boatman said enigmatically.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
In the extracts we've seen, some openly acknowledged the use of mercenaries, or as they called them, "boatmen."
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
Certainly the good Samaritans must have known the two boatmen were not going to be put on trial, owing to lack of evidence.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
I was captivated, though, by the more realist paintings of François Bocion, who frequently painted working boatmen along Lake Geneva in the 19th century.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
Just before the accident, onlookers from the river bank were shouting at the boatmen to navigate carefully.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
The men who commanded them were the bravest and most reckless boatmen in the Navy.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
