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Recent Examples of gondola
Gliding silently above the rocky landscape, the six-seat gondola gives guests a bird’s-eye view of the giraffes, zebras, and other species that call the reserve home.
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Julia Eskins, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025
The attraction has two side-by-side gondolas that seat 16 people apiece and move in pendulum style, gradually reaching a completely upside-down status and a moment of weightlessness, before going, well, overboard.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
The cargo bay and 19-passenger gondola are located on the underside of the central lobe, while the lower side lobes feature the unique Air Cushion Landing System fans that add serious versatility to the Z1's operation.
—New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025
Coming online this winter is a very fast two-stage state-of-the-art gondola with 10-passenger cabins.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Julia Eskins, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025
The attraction has two side-by-side gondolas that seat 16 people apiece and move in pendulum style, gradually reaching a completely upside-down status and a moment of weightlessness, before going, well, overboard.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
The cargo bay and 19-passenger gondola are located on the underside of the central lobe, while the lower side lobes feature the unique Air Cushion Landing System fans that add serious versatility to the Z1's operation.
—New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025
Coming online this winter is a very fast two-stage state-of-the-art gondola with 10-passenger cabins.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gondola
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After stopping by two monuments — the Slocum Memorial Fountain, which commemorates the victims of a 1904 ferry fire, and the Temperance Fountain, installed in 1888 to encourage people to drink water instead of alcohol — the walk was coming to a close.—
Miya Lee,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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The easiest life to imagine was the life of the man who ran the ferry.—
Patricia Lockwood,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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But low pay for drivers isn’t fundamental to the business of taxi and food delivery work.—
Daniel Ocampo,
Hartford Courant,
18 May 2025
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Based on the current taxi and ride-hailing car market, Bank of America estimates total demand for eVTOL air taxis could reach 200,000 units in the future.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
18 May 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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These technologies include a bubble barrier that removes small fish trapped under barges or carried in their wake and an acoustic deterrent that creates painful sound waves.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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This nighttime parade features beautifully decorated barges that glide along the San Antonio River.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
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Officials have also expressed that a tugboat taking the ship away from Pier 17 at South Street Seaport should have towed the vessel further away.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
19 May 2025
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Videos show a tugboat that was close to the Cuauhtémoc at the time of the crash.—
Danielle Wallace , Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2025
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The ferry is a public water taxi that allows people to bypass the traffic on the Memorial Causeway bridge and sail across Clearwater Harbor for a small fee.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Whether shared or private, water taxis are even more convenient and are readily available from nearby islands.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Dec. 2024
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The tug served multiple purposes beyond moving lumber, including transporting railway cars.—
Todd Richmond,
Twin Cities,
16 May 2025
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The tug was one of the largest and most powerful on the Great Lakes, with a 670-horsepower engine.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 May 2025
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“Gondola.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gondola. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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