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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
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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
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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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Holding a drone show in its place would not require a barge and would cost $80,000 to $100,000, said Amy Jean-Baptiste, the city Parks and Recreation Deputy Director.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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The wreck of a colossal oil barge is home to some of the bay's most stunning marine life.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Jan. 2026
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In addition, the city’s Fourth of July fireworks show requires barge and tug services and marine safety coordination, adding to the overall cost.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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Throughout the night, the two teams continued to play a game of tug of war with neither team giving the other an inch.—
Mukala Kabongo,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
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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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The live music comes at no additional cost beyond the regular ferry fare.—
Loureen Ayyoub,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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This remote spot can be reached by ferry (April through December) or plane from Charlevoix, Michigan.—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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Whatever the issues between Chelsea and his predecessor, Enzo Maresca, there’s no denying the Italian kept results at Stamford Bridge on an even keel.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Do your best to keep things on an even keel so that everyone benefits, including you.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
31 Dec. 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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This one starts with that shelter imploding under the strength of a massive radiation storm that displaces the Garrity clan in a hurry, and leaves them on a lifeboat to Europe in the wretched hope that someone on the continent will offer them a safe place to plant new roots.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
8 Jan. 2026
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An even better move would have been for Rose (Kate Winslet) to stay on the lifeboat, giving Jack a better shot at survival on that floating door.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Tugboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tugboat. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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