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to the gunwales
: as fully as possible
The doorbell rang, and Flanagan let in his wife, who was loaded to the gunwales with groceries.—
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Marigolds line the gunwale of the boat with a pink and blue Sugar Skull painted on the stern.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 15 Aug. 2024
The boatman circled cautiously, then winced when Wilson, the jujitsu champion, suddenly launched an aerial drone and banged on the boat’s gunwale to get the animals’ attention.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
But when Navarro calls to check in just hours later, Julia answers the phone in the same place her sister found her last week — sitting on the gunwale of a barge stuck in the ice.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
Boating spectators gripped one another’s gunwales to hold position against the southerly breeze.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
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Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 15 Aug. 2024
The boatman circled cautiously, then winced when Wilson, the jujitsu champion, suddenly launched an aerial drone and banged on the boat’s gunwale to get the animals’ attention.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
But when Navarro calls to check in just hours later, Julia answers the phone in the same place her sister found her last week — sitting on the gunwale of a barge stuck in the ice.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
Boating spectators gripped one another’s gunwales to hold position against the southerly breeze.
—Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
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“Gunwale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunwale. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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