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Recent Examples of workboat
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.
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Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
With little overt military value, Australia’s cheap-but-robust commercial workboats are subject to fierce debate.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 3 May 2023
In the Black Sea, trading an old workboat or other hulk for even a mere mission-kill on a Russian combatant is eminently worthwhile.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 8 June 2022
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
Forty-odd islanders on 15 workboats spent days dragging the bottom but pulled up only algae and sea grapes.
—Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
Feuchter had sailed around the bay painting Chesapeake workboats, pungie.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 14 Apr. 2018
Giant workboats — the equivalent of floating dump trucks — carry loads of mud, fuel, water, food and other supplies the crews require.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2018
Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
With little overt military value, Australia’s cheap-but-robust commercial workboats are subject to fierce debate.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 3 May 2023
In the Black Sea, trading an old workboat or other hulk for even a mere mission-kill on a Russian combatant is eminently worthwhile.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 8 June 2022
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
Forty-odd islanders on 15 workboats spent days dragging the bottom but pulled up only algae and sea grapes.
—Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
Feuchter had sailed around the bay painting Chesapeake workboats, pungie.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 14 Apr. 2018
Giant workboats — the equivalent of floating dump trucks — carry loads of mud, fuel, water, food and other supplies the crews require.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workboat
Noun
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In Robert Brill’s set, the stage is shaped like a half-pipe with rungs, so that cast members scramble, pitch, tumble, and row flimsy whaleboats over massive waves.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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On July 20, 1775, Major Joseph Vose and sixty Continental soldiers landed on Little Brewster in nimble whaleboats.—
Dorothy Wickenden,
The New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2023
Noun
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The Azores are a destination ideally seen from the bow of a ship, like the salty whalers of yore.—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The ship was now well-manned in its hunt for whalers.—
Francine Uenuma,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 June 2025
Noun
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The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
3 July 2025
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One of the luggers offered her the pick of the litter but warned against some old chairs.—
Jake Offenhartz,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 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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Southern shrimpers face multiple challenges, including rising costs and cheaper foreign imports.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
24 Mar. 2025
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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Others such as Yamaha’s VX Cruiser HO and Sea-Doo’s Wake Pro series are designed as towboats, complete with board racks.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
11 July 2025
Noun
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We were scheduled to take the ferry from Markarska to Brac Island this spring, but the winds were too strong for safe ferry passage.—
Amy Nelson,
Twin Cities,
10 Aug. 2025
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Coronado is a 5-mile ferry ride southwest from downtown San Diego.—
TJ Macias,
Sacbee.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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 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
Noun
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The 17-foot Hobie Getaway, part of a sailing camp at the Miami Yacht Club on Watson Island, capsized after the 60-foot barge, being pushed by a tugboat and transporting a large crane, hit the sailboat in Biscayne Bay between Hibiscus and Monument islands in Miami Beach.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
30 July 2025
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The author came across this company in 2019 while learning about the pioneering hydrogen tugboat plans during a visit to the Port of Antwerp.—
David Blekhman,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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“Workboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workboat. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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