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rowed

VERB
move boat with paddle
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Downing Street has since rowed back, but as one SNP figure puts it, "the cat is well and truly out the bag".

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

We’ve all fallen for the blond forward who has rowed Norway to its first World Cup quarterfinal berth — and also for SoFi Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

Willding rowed back his claim in an email to ProPublica.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

She left for Oxford where she earned an engineering degree in metallurgy, economics and management and rowed crew.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Anybody who’s rowed one of these boats knows you’re supposed to face backward.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown



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