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Recent Examples of tugboat
Stamp, the first of five children born to a tugboat stoker, grew up in London as bombs fell during World War II.
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Angela Yang, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
The son of a tugboat stoker for the merchant Navy, Stamp spent years toiling in the swinging 1960s' rising advertising industry before winning a scholarship to undergo classical training at the prestigious Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
—Ryan Coleman Updated, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2025
His father was a tugboat captain who was often away for long stretches.
—Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2025
The crash follows another deadly boating accident on July 28, when a 60-foot barge being pushed by a tugboat crashed into a 17-foot Hobie Getaway off Hibiscus Island in Miami Beach.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
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Angela Yang, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
The son of a tugboat stoker for the merchant Navy, Stamp spent years toiling in the swinging 1960s' rising advertising industry before winning a scholarship to undergo classical training at the prestigious Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
—Ryan Coleman Updated, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2025
His father was a tugboat captain who was often away for long stretches.
—Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2025
The crash follows another deadly boating accident on July 28, when a 60-foot barge being pushed by a tugboat crashed into a 17-foot Hobie Getaway off Hibiscus Island in Miami Beach.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tugboat
Noun
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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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The Wake Pro 230 was designed around being a towboat, for water-skiing, wakeboarding, or wake-surfing.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Anemoi revealed that the sails were transported by barge and lifted directly onto the deck.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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In Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina, another company is marketing a 31-room floating hotel — resembling a converted barge — with stays from $270 a night.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Firefly makes rockets, space tugs and lunar landers.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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There is a tug of war underway for their hearts and minds.—
Steven P. Dinkin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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Weber said the next art sculpture in the works is a life-size replica of the John Hastings ferry boat, which will be installed along the Riverfront Commons Trail near Manhattan Boulevard and Berry Street in Dayton, Kentucky.—
Jolene Almendarez,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry and Arnold Transit Company run ferry rides about every 30 minutes between April and October, during tourist season.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In these birds, the sternum bears a keel that provides additional attachment for the muscles that power the flight stroke.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
16 Sep. 2025
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Curved walls, brass accents, and floor-to-ceiling windows frame a generous living space—complete with a dining table that arcs like a ship’s keel and a cocktail-ready bar that glows at night.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Being stranded at sea on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger doesn’t necessarily sit at the top of most people’s list.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Sep. 2025
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For a good part of the show, the action takes place with the four leads onstage confined to a lifeboat.—
Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Tugboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tugboat. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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