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Recent Examples of tugboat
Stamp, the first of five children born to a tugboat stoker, grew up in London as bombs fell during World War II.
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Angela Yang, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
The son of a tugboat stoker for the merchant Navy, Stamp spent years toiling in the swinging 1960s' rising advertising industry before winning a scholarship to undergo classical training at the prestigious Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
—Ryan Coleman Updated, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2025
His father was a tugboat captain who was often away for long stretches.
—Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2025
The crash follows another deadly boating accident on July 28, when a 60-foot barge being pushed by a tugboat crashed into a 17-foot Hobie Getaway off Hibiscus Island in Miami Beach.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
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Angela Yang, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
The son of a tugboat stoker for the merchant Navy, Stamp spent years toiling in the swinging 1960s' rising advertising industry before winning a scholarship to undergo classical training at the prestigious Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
—Ryan Coleman Updated, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2025
His father was a tugboat captain who was often away for long stretches.
—Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2025
The crash follows another deadly boating accident on July 28, when a 60-foot barge being pushed by a tugboat crashed into a 17-foot Hobie Getaway off Hibiscus Island in Miami Beach.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 12 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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Other soybeans continue their journey to global markets, moving through the heartland by rail or barge to ports, then across oceans.—
Gary McGuigan,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The decommissioned Navy barge from the outside.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
Noun
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When the state attorney’s office steps in, the prosecution pushes back, resulting in a legal and political tug of war that thrusts Adnan’s case into chaotic uncertainty.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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Several noted that his instinctive tug had likely prevented the pair from colliding with the elk.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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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
Noun
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The ferry pulled back into the Manhattan station.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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Arriving In Tromsø By Cruise Ship Some ships dock at Prostneset, right in the heart of the city beside the coastal ferry terminal.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Curved walls, brass accents, and floor-to-ceiling windows frame a generous living space—complete with a dining table that arcs like a ship’s keel and a cocktail-ready bar that glows at night.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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If bookmaking was in theory the keel that kept the ship upright, in practice Bowyer often treated it as another gamble, priding himself on taking bets that his competition wouldn’t touch.—
DAVID AMSDEN,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 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 lunar module became their lifeboat to hurtle back to Earth.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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An oxygen tank exploded during the April 1970 expedition, significantly damaging the spacecraft and forcing the three-person crew to use the Lunar Module as a lifeboat.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Tugboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tugboat. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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