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Recent Examples of gondola
The mill will remain open for tours this summer during gondola construction.
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John Meyer, Denver Post, 10 June 2025
Tourists enjoy a gondola ride in a canal in Venice, Italy, on June 22, 2025.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Top 5 Can’t Miss See Hong Kong from above by riding the gondola up to Ngong Ping village, home to the largest Buddha statue in the city.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2025
There’s more nearby too: Santa’s Village is about 10 minutes away, Bretton Woods (summer gondola rides) is around the corner, famed Storyland is an easy, pretty half hour or so away, and North Conway is an easy day trip as well.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 22 June 2025
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John Meyer, Denver Post, 10 June 2025
Tourists enjoy a gondola ride in a canal in Venice, Italy, on June 22, 2025.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Top 5 Can’t Miss See Hong Kong from above by riding the gondola up to Ngong Ping village, home to the largest Buddha statue in the city.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2025
There’s more nearby too: Santa’s Village is about 10 minutes away, Bretton Woods (summer gondola rides) is around the corner, famed Storyland is an easy, pretty half hour or so away, and North Conway is an easy day trip as well.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 22 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gondola
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Just an easy ferry ride from the city of Vancouver, the island offers a diversity of settings for travelers, from the charming provincial capital, Victoria, to the wilds of the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, and picturesque small towns like Tofino and Comox.—
Hannah Walhout,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
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The brothers were driving to Portugal to catch a ferry so Jota could return to Liverpool in time to start preseason training.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
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Vietnam has introduced reforms, adopting stricter vehicle emissions standards and pledging that 50% of buses and taxis will be electric by 2030.—
Spike Johnson,
NBC news,
29 June 2025
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Celebrities in superyachts and taxi boats are sailing into the three-day wedding party while protests spread throughout the city ahead of the lavish wedding.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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The alternative would have been a full scrapping, which is what befell another Staten Island ferryboat, the Andrew J. Barberi.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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As a teenager, Ellen Dare Burling had an unusual summer job: Jumping off a moving ferryboat onto wooden piers, her arms filled with letters and packages destined for summer residents in their southern Wisconsin lake houses.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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Additional charges are expected in connection with the theft of the towboat theft in Jupiter, officials say.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2025
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In 2002, a freight barge struck a pier of Oklahoma’s Interstate 40 bridge after the towboat’s captain lost consciousness, collapsing a section of the bridge and killing 14.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 2025
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The annual spectacle, lighting up the city since 1976, this time was launched from barges in the Hudson River, the first time in more than a decade not done from the East River.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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After a barge crashed into the restaurant in 2019, the main dining area sank and sent pieces onto the banks of the Ohio River with tables, chairs and umbrellas floating upriver.—
Hailey Roden,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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The ship’s backward speed increased from 3.3 knots to 5.1 knots between 8:23 and 8:24, p.m., which prompted the harbor pilot to call for tugboat assistance.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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The situation began to unfold after the ship was untied from the dock at 8:16 p.m. Three minutes later, the tugboat Charles D. McAllister assisted the Cuauhtémoc off the pier.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
30 June 2025
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Kylie Jenner was spotted in a white fringe crop top with a matching long skirt while riding in a water taxi with her mother Kris Jenner and sister Kendall Jenner.—
Janelle Ash , Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
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The couple’s wedding planners also commissioned about 30 private water taxis to escort guests around the city, according to a source in Venice.—
Martina Di Licosa,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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The 18-year-old, who goes by the nickname Eliza rather than Elizabeth, opened up about the emotional tug of war between honoring her own identity and meeting her family’s expectations in a recent Reddit post.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
6 July 2025
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Aim to finish with a clear success - whether that's catching the toy or winning a tug game.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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“Gondola.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gondola. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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