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rowing

Propulsion of a boat by oars, either by one or two rowers with two oars each (sculling) or by crews (two, four, or eight persons) with one oar each, often with a coxswain (the non-rowing member who steers and determines rowing speed). Major events include the world championships, first held in 1962 for men and 1974 for women, and the Boat Race (between Oxford and Cambridge universities in the UK), first held in 1829.

Doggett's Coat and Badge, begun in 1715 for Thames watermen and also the first English race, still survives. Rowing as a sport began with the English Leander Club in 1817, followed by the Castle Garden boat club, USA, in 1834.

In the USA the Harvard-Yale boat race is held on the Thames at New London, Connecticut, and national championships are held annually.
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As they were rowing over the lake, the prince who was in the boat with the youngest princess and the soldier said, 'I do not know why it is, but though I am rowing with all my might we do not get on so fast as usual, and I am quite tired: the boat seems very heavy today.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
At these latter words the girl shivered again, and for a moment paused in her rowing, seeming to turn deadly faint.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
A half mile out in the ocean, sir, in one of the lifeboats, rowing away for dear life.
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