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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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The strikes took place on a military base on the peninsula and in Sevastopol Bay, a Russian tugboat was also hit, according to the GUR.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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His father, a tugboat stoker, was often away, and young Terence found solace in films, idolizing Gary Cooper and James Dean.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Mules on the towpath along the canal could pull a heavy barge at a clip of 4 miles per hour – far faster than the job of dragging wagons over primitive roads.—
Christine Keiner,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
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Much of the barge remains above water, albeit at a precarious angle.—
Heather Richardson,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The submarine was accompanied by a tug boat, the Royal Navy said.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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With the script and director seemingly playing a game of tug of war, individual scenes shine without producing a larger, satisfying narrative arc.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The vessel had been ice-locked since January in the Weddell Sea, and by October’s end, the ice had torn off the rudder, ripped the keel, broken the deck beams in the engine room and punched holes in the sides of the boat.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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Whereas a morning cup of coffee can deliver a jolt of energy that can leave us feeling off-balance, tightly wound, and jittery throughout the day, L-theanine can help deliver a more even keel energy boost that keeps us focused and mellow.—
Brianna Peters,
Vogue,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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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
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One foggy morning this spring, a ferryboat traversed the choppy waters between lower Manhattan and Governors Island.—
Adam Iscoe,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Towboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towboat. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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