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Recent Examples of gondola
The new gondola will carry visitors from downtown Idaho Springs up to the summit of Virginia Canyon Mountain Park.
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Alan Gionet, CBS News, 2 May 2026
Other businesses have felt the effect of the mountain bike park and the potential impact of the gondola.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
Get cozy in the cushioned seats of a Venetian gondola powered by a gondolier wearing a striped shirt and straw hat.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 28 Apr. 2026
The African Sky Safari gondola gives you a bird’s-eye view of giraffes, zebras and other animals roaming below, while also giving your feet a break.
—Taylor Haught, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
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Alan Gionet, CBS News, 2 May 2026
Other businesses have felt the effect of the mountain bike park and the potential impact of the gondola.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
Get cozy in the cushioned seats of a Venetian gondola powered by a gondolier wearing a striped shirt and straw hat.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 28 Apr. 2026
The African Sky Safari gondola gives you a bird’s-eye view of giraffes, zebras and other animals roaming below, while also giving your feet a break.
—Taylor Haught, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gondola
Noun
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From the ferry, the skyline unfurls behind you.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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The law forces cities to approve taller apartment and condominium complexes around rail stops, ferry terminals and rapid transit bus stops, overriding local restrictions that might have stopped development in the past.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
Noun
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Kenneth Tam’s video work dwells with a community of taxi-drivers struggling with the erosion of their trade in the wake of rideshare apps.—
Zoë Hopkins,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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Autonomous taxis are central to Musk’s effort effort to transform Tesla from a dominant maker of electric vehicles into a leader in artificial intelligence and robotics.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Crofton will be the only living person with a Disney ferryboat named after her.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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Right now, engineers and craft workers are teaming up to design and build the new ferryboat.—
Molly Burford,
Southern Living,
1 May 2026
Noun
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But crew numbers for each towboat are the same.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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The gig is providing extra income for Novinska, who's typically a towboat captain pushing barges full of goods on the river.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
1 Dec. 2025
Noun
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During the April mission, the rocket’s first stage booster landed successfully on a seafaring barge, but the upper portion, or second stage, of the rocket didn’t manage to deliver its payload — AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite — to a safe orbit.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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Once the new location is open, Hollywood Casino’s parent company Penn Entertainment has an agreement with the city of Aurora to demolish the riverboat location in downtown, including the barge, building and walkway over the Fox River, then turn the land over to the city of Aurora.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
Noun
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The operator of a tugboat pushing a barge that crashed into a summer-camp sailboat in Biscayne Bay last summer, killing three young girls, is negotiating a guilty plea with prosecutors to spare the victims’ families from a trial, his attorney told the Miami Herald on Tuesday.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
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Like a tugboat guiding cargo ships in and out of port, it’s used in Woven City to autonomously move cars from the parking garage to a pickup area for residents.—
TIm Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
4 May 2026
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Getting here is only possible by water taxi from Homer or floatplane from Anchorage.—
Kissa Castaneda,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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For a more scenic arrival, take a water taxi straight across the harbor to the docks in the Seaport, North End, or downtown.—
Cameron Sperance,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2026
Noun
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However, instead of the pilot starting the engines during pushback and the tug disconnecting afterward, TaxiBot remains attached to the nose gear via a specialized pivoting clamping platform.—
David Szondy
June 07,
New Atlas,
7 June 2026
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Its tech is being used to power the world’s first electric tugs that are about to go into service at the Port of Long Beach, under a deal worth $160 million announced in late 2025.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Gondola.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gondola. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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