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Recent Examples of workboat
In this timed challenge, captains skillfully guide workboats into tight spaces with remarkable precision.
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Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2026
However, two workboats were visible, moored alongside the aircraft carrier's bow, suggesting both sides of the bow may have been painted with the hull number.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
The Italian yard, known for building high-performance steel and aluminium workboats, established Forte Yachts to produce stylish pleasure crafts.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025
Rose’s father, Kommer, is among the few billionaires in the field, thanks to his idea of introducing standardization and modular manufacturing from the car industry to building workboats, which shorten delivery times and reduce production costs.
—Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
At the same time, the firm is testing a new, 29-foot-long workboat for the US Coast Guard that can be operated by remote control from shore or switched to a fully autonomous mode.
—Eric Niiler, Wired, 30 Oct. 2020
At 32 feet, his Alona Rahab was among the smallest workboats in the Tangier fleet and could almost fit inside the Henrietta C.
—Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2026
However, two workboats were visible, moored alongside the aircraft carrier's bow, suggesting both sides of the bow may have been painted with the hull number.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
The Italian yard, known for building high-performance steel and aluminium workboats, established Forte Yachts to produce stylish pleasure crafts.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025
Rose’s father, Kommer, is among the few billionaires in the field, thanks to his idea of introducing standardization and modular manufacturing from the car industry to building workboats, which shorten delivery times and reduce production costs.
—Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
At the same time, the firm is testing a new, 29-foot-long workboat for the US Coast Guard that can be operated by remote control from shore or switched to a fully autonomous mode.
—Eric Niiler, Wired, 30 Oct. 2020
At 32 feet, his Alona Rahab was among the smallest workboats in the Tangier fleet and could almost fit inside the Henrietta C.
—Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workboat
Noun
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One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Arctic explorers, such as the British whaler William Scoresby, struggled to navigate expanding sea ice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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The man — who has not been publicly identified — sustained two shark bites that are believed to be from a large bronze whaler shark, said Shark Watch South Australia, an online community dedicated to sharing shark incidents, citing a public report.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Gulf Coast shrimpers have been pummeled in recent years by natural and man-made disasters, as well as rising fuel costs.—
Emily Cochrane,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Real Deal Even when shrimpers like Nacio innovate to become more efficient, their product can still be undercut by false advertising.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
24 Mar. 2025
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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From the ferry, the skyline unfurls behind you.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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The law forces cities to approve taller apartment and condominium complexes around rail stops, ferry terminals and rapid transit bus stops, overriding local restrictions that might have stopped development in the past.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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
Noun
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The operator of a tugboat pushing a barge that crashed into a summer-camp sailboat in Biscayne Bay last summer, killing three young girls, is negotiating a guilty plea with prosecutors to spare the victims’ families from a trial, his attorney told the Miami Herald on Tuesday.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
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Like a tugboat guiding cargo ships in and out of port, it’s used in Woven City to autonomously move cars from the parking garage to a pickup area for residents.—
TIm Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Down starred as Michael Alexander, a clueless, Hermès-tie-flipping banker with a side gig making execrable hip-hop music.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
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Marchena, 52, also has a prior fraud conviction stemming from his work as a banker.—
Jay Weaver
December 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Dec. 2025
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“Workboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workboat. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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