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Recent Examples of tugboat
Museumgoers can also explore a huge freighter and tugboat, docked along the Maumee River outside the museum.
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Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 22 Aug. 2025
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) said an aluminum fishing vessel collided with a commercial tugboat, sending the two people on the fishing vessel overboard, according to ABC affiliate WAAY and the Trussville Tribune.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Stamp, the first of five children born to a tugboat stoker, grew up in London as bombs fell during World War II.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
His father was a tugboat captain who was often away for long stretches.
—Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2025
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Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 22 Aug. 2025
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) said an aluminum fishing vessel collided with a commercial tugboat, sending the two people on the fishing vessel overboard, according to ABC affiliate WAAY and the Trussville Tribune.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Stamp, the first of five children born to a tugboat stoker, grew up in London as bombs fell during World War II.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
His father was a tugboat captain who was often away for long stretches.
—Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tugboat
Noun
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Witnesses watch as barge hits sailboat of campers The operator likely couldn’t hear from inside the pilot house atop the towboat, the captain said.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
3 Aug. 2025
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The Wake Pro 230 was designed around being a towboat, for water-skiing, wakeboarding, or wake-surfing.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Lookouts on boats Days after the accident, civil maritime attorneys weighed in and explained that the crash could be the result of the barge not having a proper lookout.—
David Goodhue
October 31,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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But efforts to drag the barge to the site via helicopter failed, with the icebreaker getting stuck in ice and mud.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Neither tug was blatant, but both seemed to impede Allende.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Dogs’ favorite bonding activities include playing fetch, tug, or Frisbee.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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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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Places to Visit Moreton Island A 75-minute ferry from Brisbane, Moreton is the world’s third-largest sand island—a playground of turquoise lagoons, rolling dunes, and off-grid adventures for the picking.—
Alli Forde,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Nov. 2025
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Once Hull 096 has passed its sea trials, it will be used as a ferry in South America.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
6 Nov. 2025
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Nix is known for his even keel personality.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
7 Nov. 2025
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Despite its considerable bulk, the S680 was in its element, using its prodigious 664 ft lbs of torque to slingshot out of the curves, while rear-wheel steering, adaptive air suspension and all-wheel drive kept it on an even keel through the tightest Alpine curves.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
3 Nov. 2025
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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
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The remaining crew in the wooden lifeboat approximately 30 miles from shore continued to float in the storm for around 10 hours.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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In a video obtained by the Associated Press, the ship is first seen in the waters being circled by a lifeboat with emergency responders aboard.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Tugboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tugboat. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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