coxswain
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She was a coxswain on the men’s rowing team at UNC, and other than yelling really loud, she loves to thrift, bike and try new restaurants.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
Coroner Monica Chow said on Wednesday that the crash happened because of gross negligence by the coxswain from each vessel.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
While at Gonzaga, Peters walked on to the school’s women’s rowing team and was coxswain for the school’s second varsity eight during the 2019-20 season, according to school records.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2024
George as a director, you are like a coach or coxswain.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2023
But it had seemed to work for the sophomores the year before, and George Morry, the usual sophomore coxswain, had put up with it good-naturedly.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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