as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
the big man barged into the room
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Recent Examples of barge
David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
All the while, the barge and pleasure boat traffic continues — giving the experience a kind of surreal picturesqueness.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
John Brandon, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
Some are knights barging into villages and demanding affection; others are goats who show up one day and simply refuse to move out.
—Caroline Carlson
august 1, Literary Hub, 1 Aug. 2025
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Verb
The crash comes just two weeks and a day after a barge struck a sailboat with Miami Yacht Club summer campers off Hibiscus Island in Miami Beach.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
All the while, the barge and pleasure boat traffic continues — giving the experience a kind of surreal picturesqueness.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
Unfortunately, Dialpad Connect doesn’t support call barging, monitoring, or whispering.
—John Brandon, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
Some are knights barging into villages and demanding affection; others are goats who show up one day and simply refuse to move out.
—Caroline Carlson
august 1, Literary Hub, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barge
Verb
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Young Hamnet’s shuffling off this mortal coil once laid the groundwork for a masterpiece.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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Shelters that shuffle people in and out overnight don’t solve anything.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The proposal relies on Starship being refueled in low-Earth orbit by multiple Starship tanker launches.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
3 Sep. 2025
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The most recent mission on Tuesday lasted six hours and was not supported by an aerial refueling tanker.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Many in Hollywood were dubious as to whether Universal and Amblin could reboot the Jurassic franchise for a third time, and birth a new trilogy more than three decades after Steven Spielberg’s dinos first stomped onto the big screen in 1993’s Jurassic Park.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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People expecting a state championship rematch between Benet and Marist in the Crimson Classic finals had those plans stomped upon Saturday when Lockport ended up surprising the Redwings 29-27, 18-25, 15-10 in the semifinals.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And for those seeking British history, visit Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s SS Great Britain, a steamship created by the man who masterminded much of England’s most impressive infrastructure, including the railway from London to Bristol.—
Lottie Gross,
AFAR Media,
29 Aug. 2025
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The original film details a three-year surfing tour that Metz took between 1958 and 1961, a journey that involved steamship-hopping, hitchhiking, every other possible manner of transportation across Europe, Australia and Africa.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Closer Bryan Abreu stumbled but has earned the benefit of the doubt with the dominance he’s displayed.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Exposure to harmful content is another risk as studies show that teens are more likely than adults to stumble upon self-harm imagery or extremist propaganda.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Daryl was able to get to France on a freighter.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Pepler — the great-great-great grandson of James Carruthers, the shipping executive after whom a sunken freighter was named — said the news that the missing ship was finally found overwhelmed him with a flood of emotions.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The frame can hold up to 650 pounds, while the fabric sloughs away dirt, drizzle, even the occasional spill of wine.—
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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With a base of nourishing ginseng water, the formula also contains 2% niacinamide to control oil production and fade dark spots, as well as 0.5% beta hydroxy acid to gently resurface skin and slough away dead skin cells.—
Deanna Pai,
Vogue,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Unlike a traditional steamer, the Quuejenl steamer also has a dry function that performs tasks where an iron may be better suited, like creating delicate pleats or pressing shirt collars.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Bossel suggests using a steamer to blast seams, crevices, and furniture legs with sustained heat—10 to 30 seconds per section.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Barge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barge. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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