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Recent Examples of tugboat
The most powerful electric tugboat in the world has successfully completed sea trials and is not set to enter service to cut towing emissions by up to 90 percent.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Apr. 2026
One was heavy enough to secure the tugboat; Lind sold it to Danielson for the price of the raw iron.
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Tessa Stuart,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
Experts then came up with a sophisticated plan to use air cushions to lift the animal onto a tarp, which would have been secured to two pontoons and attached to a tugboat.
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ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
Seven years later —after Austin had successfully become a tugboat captain —a moment waiting in line with other struggling parents changed everything.
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Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Apr. 2026
One was heavy enough to secure the tugboat; Lind sold it to Danielson for the price of the raw iron.
—
Tessa Stuart,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
Experts then came up with a sophisticated plan to use air cushions to lift the animal onto a tarp, which would have been secured to two pontoons and attached to a tugboat.
—
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
Seven years later —after Austin had successfully become a tugboat captain —a moment waiting in line with other struggling parents changed everything.
—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for tugboat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tugboat
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But crew numbers for each towboat are the same.
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The gig is providing extra income for Novinska, who's typically a towboat captain pushing barges full of goods on the river.
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In Seattle, fans can catch the matches on a floating barge or watch them live on a giant LED screen at Pier 62.
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Officials said the fireworks will be launched from the east side of the bridge between the two towers, along with a barge off the bridge and a second barge near Pier 39.
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If all goes well, Katalyst's space tug (it's called Link) will lift the Swift observatory into a higher, safer orbit — one that will add years of life to the aging space telescope's mission.
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The clash between the two dynamics — one extolling beauty, the other detailing gruesome crimes — makes for an oil-vinegar mix that speaks to the tug of war women experience between using the beauty versus their brains.
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Crofton will be the only living person with a Disney ferryboat named after her.
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Right now, engineers and craft workers are teaming up to design and build the new ferryboat.
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The area is by a busy commercial stretch near the Steamship Authority ferry terminal, where tourists spill into the island’s cobblestoned downtown.
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Caladesi Island State Park A contender for the most secluded beach in Florida, Caladesi Island State Park, just north of Clearwater Beach in the Tampa Bay Area, is accessible by private boat or ferry from Honeymoon Island State Park.
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But the higher volumes required technical advances, including a retractable 25-foot-long keel, a hybrid power-management system, and a towering 221-foot main mast and 199-foot mizzen to handle enormous sail areas.
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Cobolli, 24, and Auger-Aliassime, 25, have been going through the tournament in different ways — Cobolli with some eyecatching flair that turned into jitters during his fourth-round win; Auger-Aliassime with more jeopardy but also a more even keel.
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This sailing school follows both Sail Canada's and keelboat certification programs as well.
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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.
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Little wonder, then, that when the Knicks and Victor Wembanyama offered a feel-good lifeboat in the ongoing NBA Finals, so many sports fans hopped aboard.
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While the family was at the lifeboat station, Dai thanked the first responders who came to their aid.
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“Tugboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tugboat. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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