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Recent Examples of tugboat
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.
—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
The barge, carrying material from a seawall demolition, included a deckhouse and a construction crane that blocked the view ahead from the tugboat's pilothouse, which should have prompted Insua to have someone else on the boat act as a lookout, prosecutors alleged.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
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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.
—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
The barge, carrying material from a seawall demolition, included a deckhouse and a construction crane that blocked the view ahead from the tugboat's pilothouse, which should have prompted Insua to have someone else on the boat act as a lookout, prosecutors alleged.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tugboat
Noun
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But crew numbers for each towboat are the same.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
1 Dec. 2025
Noun
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During the April mission, the rocket’s first stage booster landed successfully on a seafaring barge, but the upper portion, or second stage, of the rocket didn’t manage to deliver its payload — AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite — to a safe orbit.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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Once the new location is open, Hollywood Casino’s parent company Penn Entertainment has an agreement with the city of Aurora to demolish the riverboat location in downtown, including the barge, building and walkway over the Fox River, then turn the land over to the city of Aurora.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
Noun
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However, instead of the pilot starting the engines during pushback and the tug disconnecting afterward, TaxiBot remains attached to the nose gear via a specialized pivoting clamping platform.—
David Szondy
June 07,
New Atlas,
7 June 2026
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Its tech is being used to power the world’s first electric tugs that are about to go into service at the Port of Long Beach, under a deal worth $160 million announced in late 2025.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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
Noun
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On the surface, the Yaima Maru offers a perfect slow-travel escape — a passenger ferry equipped with saunas, karaoke rooms and a top-deck cafe.—
Wayne Chang,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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After Mackinac Island city officials denied a request from the ferry services for a $2 fare increase, the companies responded by increasing add-on costs, such as parking, baggage and bicycle transport.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
Noun
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The hope is to have AI functioning on a balanced keel in the mental health domain.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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Meanwhile, the keel for the Leningrad vessel had been laid down at the shipyard in January 2024.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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This sailing school follows both Sail Canada's and keelboat certification programs as well.—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes.com,
26 May 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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Resilience doesn’t come from eliminating stress—or from throwing kids into stressful situations with no lifeboat.—
Parents,
Parents,
30 May 2026
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From the beginning, the Chinese survivors were maligned by the press, even though Fang helped row the lifeboat and transport people to safety, the BBC reported.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
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“Tugboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tugboat. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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