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Recent Examples of bowman
At 34 yards, the bowman sent a Rage 2-blade, 100-grain broadhead arrow through the deer’s chest.
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Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
The aid included a task force leader, three boat operators, three boat bowmen and three boat support personnel.
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Nbc News,
NBC news,
8 July 2025
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.
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Alex Perry,
Outside Online,
24 July 2019
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
The aid included a task force leader, three boat operators, three boat bowmen and three boat support personnel.
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Nbc News,
NBC news,
8 July 2025
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.
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Alex Perry,
Outside Online,
24 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowman
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There’s no keel, so the skilled oarsmen work hard to steer them with each stroke.
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In Outbound, 2023, oarsmen paddle a boat out to sea, escorted by sinister seagulls.
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The virtual oar-yanking celebration in a baseball atmosphere was one of those weird juxtapositions that seem to get fostered whenever a World Cup fanbase descends upon a host city.
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Where the Battle of the Gullet struggles isn’t to do with how handmade the gunwales are, nor how battered the oars.
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The club serves between 75-100 rowers of all ages throughout the season.
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The title was ripped from a speech by Irish rowers Gary and Paul O’Donovan, who claimed the country’s first-ever medals in the sport at the Rio 2016 Olympics and quickly became overnight sensations for their underdog accomplishment.
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Reid along with crewman Aaron Fordy, went out in search of the missing pup.
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Luker was among the 106 crewmen killed when the USS West Virginia was struck during Japan’s surprise assault on Pearl Harbor.
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The Los Gatos squad was comprised of Luke DeGraff (Los Gatos), Julian Weinstein (Los Gatos), Tristan Carpenter (Menlo-Atherton) and Declan McInerney (Los Gatos) with coxswain Kaira Yoo (Los Gatos).
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In May 1971, his wife’s father, Henry Fletcher, enlisted in the Navy to become a riverine boat coxswain, and in June 1975, his wife, Bobbie, enlisted in the Navy as a cryptologic technician.
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“Bowman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowman. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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