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Recent Examples of tugboat
Officials have also expressed that a tugboat taking the ship away from Pier 17 at South Street Seaport should have towed the vessel further away.
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025
Videos show a tugboat was close to the Cuauhtémoc at the time of the crash.
—Ruth Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
Videos show a tugboat that was close to the Cuauhtémoc at the time of the crash.
—Danielle Wallace , Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2025
Apparently, neither the American Challenger nor the tugboat Hunter were insured, the Press Democrat reported in 2021.
—Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025
Videos show a tugboat was close to the Cuauhtémoc at the time of the crash.
—Ruth Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
Videos show a tugboat that was close to the Cuauhtémoc at the time of the crash.
—Danielle Wallace , Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2025
Apparently, neither the American Challenger nor the tugboat Hunter were insured, the Press Democrat reported in 2021.
—Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tugboat
Noun
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Additional charges are expected in connection with the theft of the towboat theft in Jupiter, officials say.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2025
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In 2002, a freight barge struck a pier of Oklahoma’s Interstate 40 bridge after the towboat’s captain lost consciousness, collapsing a section of the bridge and killing 14.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 2025
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The frames were built in Poland and shipped by a barge through the European river network to Marseille’s port on France’s southern coast for the contractor to pour the concrete to create 18 cubes.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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These technologies include a bubble barrier that removes small fish trapped under barges or carried in their wake and an acoustic deterrent that creates painful sound waves.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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The catchy, melodious songs are carefully curated to tug at heartstrings, with lyrics that reflect similar memories and moments in one’s life.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Netflix has won out in a tug of war for Richard Linklater‘s Breathless homage Nouvelle Vague after its Cannes Film Festival debut in the competition.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
26 May 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
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As a teenager, Ellen Dare Burling had an unusual summer job: Jumping off a moving ferryboat onto wooden piers, her arms filled with letters and packages destined for summer residents in their southern Wisconsin lake houses.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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After stopping by two monuments — the Slocum Memorial Fountain, which commemorates the victims of a 1904 ferry fire, and the Temperance Fountain, installed in 1888 to encourage people to drink water instead of alcohol — the walk was coming to a close.—
Miya Lee,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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The easiest life to imagine was the life of the man who ran the ferry.—
Patricia Lockwood,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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The stage was set for an entirely forgivable drop in level, but Andreeva stayed on an even keel to win the next two sets, and with them, the title.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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The researchers acknowledged the possibility that the lines could have been created by a keel (an extended structural component that runs below a boat).—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
25 Feb. 2025
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However, apart from his time competing on high-speed M32 catamarans, Canfield’s experience and success have come through racing traditional keelboats.—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 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
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The last time anyone saw the Franklin expedition was when Inuit hunters encountered starving sailors dragging a lifeboat across the ice in Washington Bay, clad in wool rather than furs.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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The ship carried about 2,240 passengers and crew, but not enough lifeboats to accommodate them all.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Tugboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tugboat. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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