gondola

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Recent Examples of gondola Here’s hoping McCourt gives us a path of some kind — whether the city approves the gondola or not — because a pretty walk generations can enjoy would be a prettier civic legacy than driving a team into bankruptcy. Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026 Meanwhile, a hilly section of the southern suburbs is now served by a gondola, Greater Paris’ first. Marie Patino, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026 The gondola doors slide shut at the new East Village base of Deer Valley, and within seconds we're lifted high above the mountainside. Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2026 Madonna in her social media post is captured in a gondola on a grand canal in Venice, Italy, while reading a script. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gondola
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gondola
Noun
  • So, in 2020, Catalyst and CalCHA purchased Serenity at Larkspur, a huge complex near the ferry terminal, for more than $226 million.
    John Ramos, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The adjustable strap is a thoughtful detail for island life; the hat will stay secure on breezy overlooks and also on bumpy, windy ferry rides from island to island.
    Caitlin Palumbo, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For my taxi-cab drivers, don’t get any thoughts!
    Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The hotel is a half-hour taxi ride from the airport and has an impeccable concierge service; the staff are happy to offer advice on what to see and how to get there.
    Kalpana Fitzpatrick, TheWeek, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The ferryboat was on the go all day long, covering more miles in a day than the barge would cover in a century.
    Eric DuVall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
  • One foggy morning this spring, a ferryboat traversed the choppy waters between lower Manhattan and Governors Island.
    Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But crew numbers for each towboat are the same.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Your journey begins with a quick (complimentary) boat ride on a traditional rice barge across the Chao Phraya River.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Blue Origin’s Endurance lander departed NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Saturday for a trip by barge back to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for final preparations to launch on the company’s heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • If everything goes according to plan, the tugboat carrying Timmy will have left the Baltic Sea by Friday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Seven years later —after Austin had successfully become a tugboat captain —a moment waiting in line with other struggling parents changed everything.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Since the water taxi launched in January, there have been more than 1,000 riders a day, on average, according to data the city of Miami Beach provided to the Miami Herald.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • From Tortola, Jost Van Dyke is easily accessible via water taxi, ferry, or private boat charter.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The oldest served in Alaska on the USCGC Alex Haley in the Bering Sea and is pursuing a career as a tug boat operator in Galveston.
    CBS News, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • In space, the gravitational tugs from passing planets act like those currents.
    Patrick M. Shober, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026

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“Gondola.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gondola. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

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