boatman
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According to legend, it took rough and rugged characters to tame the early American frontier: men like Daniel Boone, the trailblazer, or Mike Fink, the brawling river boatman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
The track, The Shadowy Light, paired her unmistakable voice with a cross-cultural ensemble, its imagery of a boatman guiding a soul across unknown waters reflecting on death and the afterlife.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 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
Whenever he dropped a toy in the Nile, he said, a passing boatman would rescue it.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2022
Though the boatman thrust out his pole to try and keep us clear, we smashed against the stone support.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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
"Everyone did their part, those of us who knew about the environmental issue contributed, the lawyers, the farmers, our boatmen from Colon, our youth," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2023
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
But she had never spoken to any of the boatmen before, or they to her.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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