rowed

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Willding rowed back his claim in an email to ProPublica.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

The migrants were loaded into rubber dinghies, he says, and rowed halfway across the river.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

The directors take a visual essay approach, contrasting Walden Pond and its woods and the rivers Thoreau rowed with sped-up footage of our crazy modern world — which can be a little on the nose.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

In high school in Texas, he rowed crew and played as a flanker in rugby.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Lost his hands to the frostbite but rowed all the way home and lived to tell the tale.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick