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Recent Examples of gondola
While critics continue to push for improvements to the city’s subway system, users say the gondolas feel safer than local buses and are transforming neighborhoods.
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Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
Top of the must-revisit list include the Sundial, Nita Lake Lodge, the Four Seasons and the Fairmont Chateau Whistler, the latter two located in the more chill Upper Village near the Blackcomb gondola.
—Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Due to strong gusts, there was a wind hold on the resort’s new gondola.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024
The passengers on the gondolas are swung back and forth.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
Top of the must-revisit list include the Sundial, Nita Lake Lodge, the Four Seasons and the Fairmont Chateau Whistler, the latter two located in the more chill Upper Village near the Blackcomb gondola.
—Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Due to strong gusts, there was a wind hold on the resort’s new gondola.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024
The passengers on the gondolas are swung back and forth.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gondola
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The free Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry runs year-round between Hatteras and Ocracoke Island, with each one-way trip lasting 40-45 minutes.Staff Author, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025
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In Brazil, Rio de Janeiro was expected to host more than 2 million people along Copacabana Beach to watch fireworks erupt from ferries parked offshore and concerts by Brazilian pop stars such as Anitta and Caetano Veloso.Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2025
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It’s heard in markets or throbbing from taxi radios and speakers in rickety roadside bars.Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
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The surcharge is 75 cents for a taxi, green cab or black car, and $1.50 for an Uber or Lyft.Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
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For example, when over 1,000 people died in a ferryboat accident in the Red Sea in 2006, critics accused the military of failing to deploy quickly enough to rescue them.Jeff Martini, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011
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On another ferryboat is the Constitution and all the state and local officials dedicated to upholding it.Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
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According to her Forbes profile, Ingram Marine operates 5,000 barges and approximately 150 towboats on America's inland waterways.Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 11 Dec. 2024
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Another Washington's treaty ally, Japan, reported that a submarine and a rescue towboat of Russia on December 3 were sailing northward in the waters between two of the country's southwestern islands , a marginal sea of the Western .Ryan Chan, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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There is a castle, an annual Shakespeare festival, a boat club (barges, mainly, given that Staffordshire has more miles of canal than any other county in England) and two semi-professional football clubs.Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Chilling temperatures signaled its return, but so did an important annual ritual: the last barge heading downriver from the Twin Cities, bringing the 2024 shipping season to an end.Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
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The plan for the historic ship is for it to be towed by tugboats to Mobile, Alabama where it will be broken down to serve as an artificial reef.Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
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The Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) announced the discovery of the John Evenson, a tugboat built in 1884, in a Facebook post on Sept. 20.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
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Upon arrival, travelers heading to Freetown will book a scenic 35-minute water taxi ride across the Sierra Leone River.Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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Passenger ferries depart frequently from Basseterre, while water taxis depart from the dock at Reggae Beach on the southern tip of the island.Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
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The big planets can shift Earth’s orbit slightly, and how our planet reacts to this interplanetary tug can set new temperature patterns in motion.Longreads, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
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The tugs will deliver the ship to the docks of Modern American Recycling Services – MARS – a company that specializes in vessel salvage and other marine operations.George Petras, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Gondola.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gondola. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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