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Recent Examples of towboat
The Wake Pro 230 was designed around being a towboat, for water-skiing, wakeboarding, or wake-surfing.
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Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
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
According to her Forbes profile, Ingram Marine operates 5,000 barges and approximately 150 towboats on America's inland waterways.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 11 Dec. 2024
Another Washington's treaty ally, Japan, reported that a submarine and a rescue towboat of Russia on December 3 were sailing northward in the waters between two of the country's southwestern islands , a marginal sea of the Western .
—Ryan Chan, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
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
According to her Forbes profile, Ingram Marine operates 5,000 barges and approximately 150 towboats on America's inland waterways.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 11 Dec. 2024
Another Washington's treaty ally, Japan, reported that a submarine and a rescue towboat of Russia on December 3 were sailing northward in the waters between two of the country's southwestern islands , a marginal sea of the Western .
—Ryan Chan, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for towboat
Noun
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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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The sun has barely risen when the mission's navy tugboat arrives on site, carrying an underwater robot and two large containers acting as makeshift offices for marine archaeologists.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The fact that a humpback whale had been dredged out for days by volunteers, corralled into a barge and released into the North Sea demonstrated a collective good will toward nature that can seem all too rare.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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The reusable first-stage booster was designed to land on a nearby barge.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Give the potato a gentle tug to check for resistance.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
10 May 2026
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Kalundborg, Denmark — On a boat off Kalundborg harbor, Martin Høgh Sørensen steers while his wife, Karin, and friends Michael and Anne-Louise Eliasen tug and wind ropes to maneuver the sails.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Additionally, there are semirigid airships, which are similar to blimps and sometimes called blimps but have a structural metal keel.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 May 2026
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The steady uptick on the digital side of the ledger has helped keep local sports viewership on an even keel despite the ongoing disruption of the legacy TV model.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Blasetti is facing grand larceny charges for allegedly swiping a keelboat from the Dyckman Marina in Inwood around noon Saturday and rowed it to a trimaran moored out in the Hudson River.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
24 July 2025
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Most of the time, a small keelboat barely exceeds 10 knots of speed (11.5mph).—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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
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“Towboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towboat. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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