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Recent Examples of scull
Will Brantley,
Field & Stream,
1 June 2023
Then came a lost decade when the Great Eight sculling all-stars or collegians took the trophy as US Rowing either sent development boats or nobody at all.
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BostonGlobe.com,
21 Oct. 2019
Rowers competed in masters, junior, and novice categories in both sweep rowing and sculling events.
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Bill Roth,
Anchorage Daily News,
23 July 2019
The next came when Jobe, who had put his tee shot into the bunker left of the green, chunked his recovery into the rough and then sculled his chip across the green.
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Don Markus,
baltimoresun.com,
16 July 2017
Sitting snug in the rear of the boat, coxswains yell commands to rowers, drowning out wind and sculling noise.
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David Whiting,
Orange County Register,
24 May 2017
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
19 Dec. 2025
Additionally, champions will be decided in mixed team events in artistic gymnastics and double sculls in coastal beach sprint rowing on Day 11, with mixed team events in table tennis on Day 15.
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City News Service,
Daily News,
12 Nov. 2025
Rollover Boat Blind Sneak boat or scull boat hunting was a popular method of shooting ducks during the market-hunting days.
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Joe Genzel,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2024
His sister Alie was a 2020 Olympic rower in the quadruple sculls.
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Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
17 July 2024
Another stellar option is scull caps.
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Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Verb
Others prefer a quieter approach with an electric trolling motor, or perhaps even drifting with river currents and steering with a sculling paddle.
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Will Brantley,
Field & Stream,
1 June 2023
Then came a lost decade when the Great Eight sculling all-stars or collegians took the trophy as US Rowing either sent development boats or nobody at all.
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BostonGlobe.com,
21 Oct. 2019
Rowers competed in masters, junior, and novice categories in both sweep rowing and sculling events.
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Bill Roth,
Anchorage Daily News,
23 July 2019
The next came when Jobe, who had put his tee shot into the bunker left of the green, chunked his recovery into the rough and then sculled his chip across the green.
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Don Markus,
baltimoresun.com,
16 July 2017
Sitting snug in the rear of the boat, coxswains yell commands to rowers, drowning out wind and sculling noise.
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David Whiting,
Orange County Register,
24 May 2017
Noun
There’s also the use of sculls often, such as a building shaped in the likeness of a skullhead.
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Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
19 Dec. 2025
Additionally, champions will be decided in mixed team events in artistic gymnastics and double sculls in coastal beach sprint rowing on Day 11, with mixed team events in table tennis on Day 15.
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City News Service,
Daily News,
12 Nov. 2025
Rollover Boat Blind Sneak boat or scull boat hunting was a popular method of shooting ducks during the market-hunting days.
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Joe Genzel,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2024
His sister Alie was a 2020 Olympic rower in the quadruple sculls.
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Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
17 July 2024
Another stellar option is scull caps.
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Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scull
Verb
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Santorini’s traditional kouloura vines are not trained upward like the vineyard rows many travelers know.
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That means more people than ever in Norway are suddenly rowing.
Noun
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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.
Verb
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Throughout the afternoon, coaches offered free lessons on the sand to help people who were unfamiliar with paddling out learn what to expect, as well as one-on-one buddies for people in the water.
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Lifeguard Charlie Verco spotted Stewart being dragged under the water by the shark and paddled over to Stewart.
Noun
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Another unique addition to the outdoor space is a wooden skiff from Martha's Vineyard, which Leon says was one of his dad's favorite anecdotes to share with visitors.
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Over several weeks during the summers of 2020 through 2023, our team spent many hours navigating Mosquito Lagoon in a small skiff designed for shallow depths, recording seagrass presence.
Verb
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Ride a bike, stretch in a sculpture garden, and kayak a bayou.
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The calm waters of the Chesapeake Bay make Cape Charles’s beaches especially great for little ones and adventurers looking to paddle board or kayak the open water.
Noun
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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.
Verb
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For centuries, Vikings navigated these waters by sail and oar; today, ferries and charter boats offer comfortable, scenic access to the islands.
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Mute swans do put on bursts of speed by oaring with their huge webbed feet.
Noun
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That material will then be suctioned up along with seawater and loaded onto large barges, known as scows, which carry a slurry of sediment, rocks and debris.
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The family friends promised to help Wade find work at a seafood processing plant or on a fish-buying scow.
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“Scull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scull. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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