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Examples
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Kagan went on to an Oxford fellowship, where her small size, loud voice and "a lot of authority," put her in the coxswain's seat in boat-bumping races, Slaughter says.
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Delguercio says the coxswain's role is to get all eight rowers pulling as one through effective and efficient communication.
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Since skills like that don't translate into numbers on a scoreboard, any race for a coxswain's seat is tough to call.
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To make his Olympic pick, Mr. Teti began with basics: trailing a racing shell in a motorboat, eavesdropping on the coxswain's orders and watching for a zig or a zag in his steering.
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He flailed backward, tripped over the coxswain's ankles, and toppled into the laps of his oarsmen.
Shadowfane Wurts, Janny 1988
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There was no more chanting from the wells: only shuffle and creak, the coxswain's count, the thresh of the wheels overside.
Three Worlds to Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964
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From the coxswain's throat issued a machine-gun fusillade of whiplash words.
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The coxswain's voice went past Deacon's ear like a bullet.
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Following the coxswain's broken exclamation, Deacon felt an increased resistance upon his blade.
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The coxswain's command was immediately followed by others designed to work the boat back to proper starting-position.
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