Thesaurus results for TUGBOAT

tugboat

noun

as in towboat

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Recent Examples of tugboat Maintaining the tugboat became cumbersome, and three Zizian members opted to move into box trucks before squatting in a Bay Area trailer lot owned by Curtis Lind, then age 80, a former shipworker and grandfather of four. —

Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025 The strikes took place on a military base on the peninsula and in Sevastopol Bay, a Russian tugboat was also hit, according to the GUR. —

Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 Museumgoers can also explore a huge freighter and tugboat, docked along the Maumee River outside the museum. —

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 See All Example Sentences for tugboat

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Noun

But crew numbers for each towboat are the same.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
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