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workboats

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plural of workboat

as in whaleboats

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Firefly Aerospace started as a launch company and now builds Moon landers and space tugs.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
The European Investment Bank (EIB) estimates that roughly 200 wrecks, including warships, barges, tugs, and cargo vessels, remain scattered across a five-kilometer stretch of the river near Prahovo.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026

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