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Recent Examples of coxswain
When Paris hosted the Games in 1900, a pair of Dutch rowers asked a French boy to be their coxswain.
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Jenna West, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
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
Each rowing shell held eight rowers and one coxswain ranging in age from 14 to 18, while the chase boat was operated by their coach, police said.
—Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2024
Thank heavens for Luke Slattery as the coxswain Bobby Moch, who straps on a hands-free leather and metal megaphone — a contraption that, to modern eyes, looks like a torture device for mumblers — and instantly screams some life into the picture.
—Amy Nicholson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
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Jenna West, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
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
Each rowing shell held eight rowers and one coxswain ranging in age from 14 to 18, while the chase boat was operated by their coach, police said.
—Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2024
Thank heavens for Luke Slattery as the coxswain Bobby Moch, who straps on a hands-free leather and metal megaphone — a contraption that, to modern eyes, looks like a torture device for mumblers — and instantly screams some life into the picture.
—Amy Nicholson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coxswain
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Video showed a soaked Molly among a pile of rocks as a crewman picked her up and carried her to the helicopter.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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There had also been a man-overboard situation on another boat, although thankfully the crewman was swiftly located and successfully recovered by his teammates.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
17 Dec. 2025
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Walker had stints as a professional sport fisher and an amateur surfer before starting work as a deckhand, according to his Bravo bio.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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The family of Deadliest Catch deckhand Todd Meadows is voicing their grief following news of his sudden death.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This subsequently sends the starship forward or backward in time, while occasionally (and inexplicably) transforming your shipmates into freaky clay heads.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Zumba, a Navy reservist who earlier was a shipmate of Urena on the destroyer USS Carney, pleaded guilty in December to the same charge.—
Steve Patterson,
Florida Times-Union,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Houthis attacked over 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two vessels and killing four sailors, from November 2023 until January 2025, and also launched projectiles at Israel.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Legend says mermaid sirens lured sailors here.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
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Boylan was originally charged in December 2020 with 34 counts of seaman’s manslaughter, but after the defense objected, prosecutors refiled an indictment on the single count covering all the deaths.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Brandon Liberato, a seaman in the U.S. Navy, had spent every major holiday with his family, but this year was supposed to be different.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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Victim advocacy roles such as shelter managers and housing navigators, which sometimes require a graduate degree, are already chronically underpaid.—
Kaelyn Lara,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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However, navigators sent 12,674 text messages to redirected voters that shared a map of their correct precinct, giving a hint of the scope.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Ross’ second husband, mariner Joseph Ashburn, served the Revolution as a privateer and died in an English prison.—
Marla Miller,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
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At least 12 incidents involving vessels around the strait have been confirmed since fighting began, according to two global trackers, and at least seven mariners have been killed.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Coxswain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coxswain. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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