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Recent Examples of tugboat
Ontario’s domestic production sector, long the tugboat of the provincial industry, has faced falling license fees from local broadcasters, and so is casting its net wider these days for international co-production partners and private investors.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2024
One of 13 children raised by George and Anna Runk and Josephine McGill in Highlandtown, Mr. Runk grew up working on tugboats and picking beans on farms on the Eastern Shore, according to his son.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
The tugboat only carried five people in total, and four of the crew members were able to escape.
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Only one person was killed, the ship's engineer — and his remains were found not long after.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
Francis then charged the U.S. government heavily inflated prices for services such as security, tugboats, food, water replenishment and trash removal.
—Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2024
One of 13 children raised by George and Anna Runk and Josephine McGill in Highlandtown, Mr. Runk grew up working on tugboats and picking beans on farms on the Eastern Shore, according to his son.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
The tugboat only carried five people in total, and four of the crew members were able to escape.
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Only one person was killed, the ship's engineer — and his remains were found not long after.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
Francis then charged the U.S. government heavily inflated prices for services such as security, tugboats, food, water replenishment and trash removal.
—Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tugboat
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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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Blue Origin will attempt to land New Glenn’s first stage booster on a barge in the ocean 10 minutes after liftoff while its second stage heads into orbit.—
William Gavin,
Quartz,
13 Jan. 2025
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This month, construction crews on barges, drills, cranes, tugs and service vessels will begin drilling to collect soil samples and map subsurface waterways.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Jan. 2025
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Offerings include arts and crafts, caber toss, the haggis hurl, sheaf toss and tug of war in a non-competitive environment.—
Patrick Connolly,
Orlando Sentinel,
17 Jan. 2025
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Investors expect volatility in the flagship cryptocurrency this year, with bitcoin stuck in a tug of war between investors’ concerns about rising inflation under Trump and their optimism over the his pro-crypto leadership.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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Maritime Museum of San Diego seeks volunteers The nonprofit Maritime Museum of San Diego starts the next Docent Volunteer Training Program for newcomers Jan. 21 at the museum on the upper deck of the ferryboat Berkeley.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 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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Operators of tug, ferry and tour boats in and around New York City immediately responded to quickly evacuate 500,000 people in the area from danger.—
James Kendra,
The Conversation,
20 Jan. 2025
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Set to take effect on July 1 if approved, the rules apply to passenger ships over 492 feet long, encompassing most modern cruise ships but exempting Norway’s coastal ferries like Hurtigruten and Havila, which are built for year-round operation in challenging conditions.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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That’s beneficial for weight loss, experts say, because if blood sugar is kept on an even keel, with few spikes or dips, the body’s cells can more effectively burn fat between meals for energy.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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Beneath the mast and attached to the bottom of the keel is an aluminum cross piece, which prevents the seismometer from toppling over.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Jan. 2025
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Typically 60 feet long and 8 feet wide, capable of bearing 40 tons, the keelboat was specially designed for the western rivers.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
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In a dominating victory in the three-person Soling keelboat at the 1972 Olympics, Melges unseated the sport’s greatest sailor, Paul Elvstrom, who had won four Olympic Gold medals.—
Chris Museler,
New York Times,
22 May 2023
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Stuck in a lifeboat for nearly three weeks, the four survivors ultimately resorted to devouring one of their boatmates in order to survive.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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Given global streamers have been the fundamental industry driver of recent years – and lifeboat in 2020 – their corrective plays out over the whole industry.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Tugboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tugboat. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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