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Recent Examples of scow
Instead, its members have up to 50 small, modest, one- and two-person dinghies, 20-foot racing scows, and a few larger craft.
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Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2025
It was purchased in 1890 by brothers John and Alexander Laurie to tow vessels and barges, or scows filled with stone from nearby quarries, in Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay.
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Caitlin Looby,
Journal Sentinel,
21 Sep. 2024
Johnson would invent the scow, which would become the world's fastest boat, one of which would hang in the Smithsonian Institute.
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Jim Souhan,
Star Tribune,
20 July 2021
Partway through the trip, their motorboat breaks down, and they are forced to pole more than 200 miles upriver in a scow.
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Krista Langlois,
Outside Online,
6 Feb. 2020
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Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2025
It was purchased in 1890 by brothers John and Alexander Laurie to tow vessels and barges, or scows filled with stone from nearby quarries, in Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay.
—
Caitlin Looby,
Journal Sentinel,
21 Sep. 2024
Johnson would invent the scow, which would become the world's fastest boat, one of which would hang in the Smithsonian Institute.
—
Jim Souhan,
Star Tribune,
20 July 2021
Partway through the trip, their motorboat breaks down, and they are forced to pole more than 200 miles upriver in a scow.
—
Krista Langlois,
Outside Online,
6 Feb. 2020
See All Example Sentences for scow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scow
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Flores and Álvarez, on one of the skiffs, were floating approximately fifteen nautical miles east of the Fiorella.
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The three male crabs are hauled into our polar skiff; the last goes back into the sea to produce the next generation.
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Exhibits are displayed in six different rooms and a canoe house.
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After lunch, Bud and Stan took a canoe to explore a long draw of water in back of camp while Ed and I strung up the radio aerial and called Cache Lake.
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One fishing vessel on view recalls the grisly story of Howard Blackburn, a Gloucester fisherman who went out as part of a big schooner to the Grand Banks.
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Get out on the water in a different way with Traverse Tall Ship Company, offering tours aboard the biggest tall ship on Lake Michigan, the 114-foot schooner Manitou.
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The drugs were thought to have been brought over by dinghy from Anzio on the mainland, police said.
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His anti-immigration message has shifted from focusing on Polish plumbers to asylum seekers in dinghies.
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Despite a raft of Western sanctions, Moscow remains among the world's top exporters of oil and natural gas.
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Despite a raft of Western sanctions, Moscow remains among the world’s top exporters of oil and natural gas.
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With no boat, the Black Foils were unable to compete but the team’s new F50 catamaran, built in the UK, has been delivered in time for Halifax, Nova Scotia, a competition which marks the halfway point of the 13-event season.
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The big draw is the catamaran seating and the specialised cocktails but traditional Atollian food is also served here.
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It’s crowded with houseboats, fishing vessels, roving vendors in sampans, and multi-story floating restaurants that drew tourists until the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to shutter.
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Hong Kong: Hong Kong Harbor, one of the world’s most scenic, rewards passengers with vistas of skyscrapers, mountains, ferries and sampans.
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On Friday, June 19, authorities said in a release that the Royal New Zealand Air Force's (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon crew found the man in his 13-foot aluminum rowboat that morning.
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Even a rowboat can become garden gold with a little imagination.
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“Scow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scow. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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