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Recent Examples of tugboat
Murphy’s parents, her 8-year-old brother and other refugees fled on a tugboat her father commandeered from an employer.
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Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2025
In other words, the Sunbirds would function like space tugboats.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
Image Back on a tugboat, taking us to shore in the Firth of Clyde, Mr. Starmer sat alone, staring out a window at the gathering clouds.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
In separate raids on Crimean anchorages in February, May and June 2024, the USVs sank a corvette, a landing ship, a patrol boat and a tugboat.
—David Axe, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
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Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2025
In other words, the Sunbirds would function like space tugboats.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
Image Back on a tugboat, taking us to shore in the Firth of Clyde, Mr. Starmer sat alone, staring out a window at the gathering clouds.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
In separate raids on Crimean anchorages in February, May and June 2024, the USVs sank a corvette, a landing ship, a patrol boat and a tugboat.
—David Axe, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tugboat
Noun
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Additional charges are expected in connection with the theft of the towboat theft in Jupiter, officials say.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2025
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In 2002, a freight barge struck a pier of Oklahoma’s Interstate 40 bridge after the towboat’s captain lost consciousness, collapsing a section of the bridge and killing 14.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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These technologies include a bubble barrier that removes small fish trapped under barges or carried in their wake and an acoustic deterrent that creates painful sound waves.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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This nighttime parade features beautifully decorated barges that glide along the San Antonio River.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
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The tug served multiple purposes beyond moving lumber, including transporting railway cars.—
Todd Richmond,
Twin Cities,
16 May 2025
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The tug was one of the largest and most powerful on the Great Lakes, with a 670-horsepower engine.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 May 2025
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The alternative would have been a full scrapping, which is what befell another Staten Island ferryboat, the Andrew J. Barberi.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
10 May 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
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Take the 20-minute ferry ride to Bald Head Island using the Bald Head Island Ferry.—
Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
6 May 2025
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And Brunson kept up the energy through the show that followed, delivering some devastatingly personal compliment sandwiches during a leadership summit and frantically pantomiming elaborate insults while parked on a ferry.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
4 May 2025
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No matter what was happening around him, the right wing maintained an even keel and a mental resolve that is paying dividends in Round 1 of the NHL playoffs.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
29 Apr. 2025
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Recall that those with multiple sources of revenue tend to keep an even keel during a recession.—
Chris Carosa,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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However, apart from his time competing on high-speed M32 catamarans, Canfield’s experience and success have come through racing traditional keelboats.—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 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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Lunde managed to escape onto a lifeboat, which drifted in the Atlantic for a week before reaching Ireland.—
Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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After surviving the shipwreck, Pi’s joy, humor and despair turn on a dime as his lifeboat is beset by surviving animals — a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan named Orange Juice, and our Royal Bengal tiger.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Tugboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tugboat. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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