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Recent Examples of bowman
Sarah and Nyles hit it off, a twilight hookup is interrupted by a mysterious bowman (J.K. Simmons) who shoots Nyles, and a concerned Sarah wanders into a mysterious cave.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 July 2020
In 2004, a lone bowman tried to shoot down a coast guard helicopter, and two years later the Sentinelese killed a pair of Indian crab fishermen who drifted ashore.
—Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 July 2020
In 2004, a lone bowman tried to shoot down a coast guard helicopter, and two years later the Sentinelese killed a pair of Indian crab fishermen who drifted ashore.
—Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowman
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Hundreds of refugees began rushing the rowboats; once those were filled, the oarsmen, worried about capsizing and afraid of being stranded, began beating people back.Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
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Elsewhere in Europe, graphic designer Tormod Fjeld uncovered Bronze Age rock paintings of an animal, a boat with oarsmen and several human figures while hiking in southeastern Norway.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
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Often seen in their typical garb of a striped top and straw hat navigating a single oar, gondoliers were once a community of thousands in Venice.Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 16 Aug. 2024
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Ready oar not Their first team gathering occurred in April 2023 in Redwood City, California for their first training row.Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
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Two are serving as Navy Special Warfare combat crewmen, three in Air Force special operations units and fewer than 10 are Green Berets.Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
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After a long time, two husky young crewmen leaned down from the heaving deck of 44303, caught me by the arms, and strained to drag me aboard.Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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When Paris hosted the Games in 1900, a pair of Dutch rowers asked a French boy to be their coxswain.Jenna West, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
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Another Los Gatos boat that claimed silver medals was the Women’s Under 15 Quad-x with a coxswain.Phil Jensen, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024
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“Bowman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowman. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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