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Recent Examples of lugger
The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.
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Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
One of the luggers offered her the pick of the litter but warned against some old chairs.
—Jake Offenhartz, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.
—Michael Taylor, Forbes, 22 June 2022
The wooden boats competed in skiff, workboat, lugger, trawler, runabout, sailboat and cruiser classes.
—Ann Benoit, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
One of the luggers offered her the pick of the litter but warned against some old chairs.
—Jake Offenhartz, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.
—Michael Taylor, Forbes, 22 June 2022
The wooden boats competed in skiff, workboat, lugger, trawler, runabout, sailboat and cruiser classes.
—Ann Benoit, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lugger
Noun
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Private speedboat or catamaran charters are nothing compared to the experience aboard the Friendship Rose, a classic Caribbean schooner with soaring sails built by hand on the sands of Bequia's Friendship Bay several decades ago.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Apr. 2026
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En route from Bermuda to Newfoundland, the Swift sank along with the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Barbadoes and the schooner Emeline.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Palm Beach Motor Yachts has taken its supermaxi sloop to new heights—quite literally.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
24 Feb. 2026
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Now as sailors stepped out into the surf, a great crowd tried to take oars off the first sloop.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History On Nov. 16, 1776, the Andrew Doria brigantine arrived in the Caribbean on the British colony St. Eustatius, waving the first national flag of the United States.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Jan. 2026
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On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Dec. 2024
Noun
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While the climactic smackdown pits Wonder Woman vs. full feral Cheetah, an earlier fight at the White House is the real pinnace of their rivalry, presenting both Gadot and Wiig as physical powerhouses.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
15 Dec. 2020
Noun
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Two vessels from the maritime training component of the drills have been reassigned to the search, including a Moroccan European multi-mission frigate and a French multipurpose supply vessel.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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His announcement, carried by Iranian state TV, came about seven weeks after a U.S. submarine blew up the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean, killing as many as 80 Iranian soldiers, according to state media.—
April 30,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Panamax ketch features a sleek aluminum exterior, with a displacement hull and a distinctive pointed bow.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
8 July 2025
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And through such buffetings Constance’s little ketch had run aground.—
Jim Shepard,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Smith continues making strides working his cutter and changeup into the mix.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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With a shutout to protect, Kelly struck out Greene and Dillon Dingler with a pair of cutters.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
7 May 2026
Noun
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The ship's captain ordered the crew to the yawl boat.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Captain William Griffin and his crew escaped, hopping on the ship’s yawl boat, in time to see the ship and its iron ore cargo vanish underwater.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Lugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lugger. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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