rowboat
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The waters between Turkey and Greece are dotted with endless tiny islands, as Odysseus learned the hard way, many of them reachable by rowboat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Kids cannon-balled off the sides and rocked it like a rowboat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
They had me in the SS Mooch, which was a rinky-dink rowboat.
From Salon ● May 18, 2024
In the distance stands a city on a hill; nearby, two voyagers or gods watch from a rowboat.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
As the old woman approached in a rowboat, the birds swooped away in a billowing black curve and she saw that in the middle of the empty rock grew a strange tree.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
The Minions, we learn in their latest adventure, were originally a seafaring folk who traveled the oceans in rowboats looking for the most evil and despicable master they could possibly find.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Reserve a free one-hour rental to take one of CWB’s pea-pod rowboats for a ride on Lake Union.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
The Times tooted its own considerable horn about the armada of kayaks and rowboats it launched to deliver the newspapers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
If you like walking along docks, you’ll find Alaskan gill-netters, luxury cruisers, racing sailboats and classic wooden rowboats.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022
The childish craft was not nearly as big as the rowboats, and she would be close to the water, but at least Kendra thought she could maneuver it.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
