as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
the big man barged into the room
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Recent Examples of barge
Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
The man is then seen spraying pepper spray at the officer and barging into the courthouse.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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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Verb
Everything, water, food, fuel, must be barged in, and raw sewage barged out.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
The man is then seen spraying pepper spray at the officer and barging into the courthouse.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barge
Verb
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The Discovery+ streaming service will be shuffled into the Global Networks company.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Instead, set aside time each week to sort through each piece of paper (rather than picking it up and shuffling it around multiple times per week!).—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Limp also spotlighted Blue Origin's work on zero-boil-off technology and the firm's Transporter tanker.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
4 June 2025
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Additionally, owners of tankers supplying fuel to squid fishers are not mandated to register these vessels within fleets that directly contact fishing vessels, creating a regulatory gap that enables support with a minimal record of activities.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
Verb
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Accounts Samsung Confirms Upgrade Choice—Galaxy Users Must Now Decide In the spring, males would gather in leks and perform dramatic dances, puffing out orange air sacs on their necks and stomping their feet to show dominance and vitality.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Fifteen kids happily stomp their sneakers to the count.—
John Burnett,
NPR,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Many arrived aboard elegant steamships, but the number of guests increased once regional railroads built tracks north to Mackinaw City in the early 1880s.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 June 2025
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Moulton spent five weeks traveling by steamship, train and stagecoach to Santa Ana, arriving on May 6, 1874.—
Penny E Schwartz,
Oc Register,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Scott made the turn at even-par but a bogey-bogey-double bogey stumble from holes Nos. 14-16 ended his tournament.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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Then in 2022, with escalating inflation and consumer pressure, the stock stumbled again with a 63% drop.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
Noun
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After learning of the loss of the iron ore freighter Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior and the deaths of all 29 crew members from Newsweek, Gord lifted passages from the article and put them to a dreamy dirge: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Night shift in a teeming academic hospital can feel like a relentlessly heaving freighter, and I’d been hustling from ward to ward bailing water; this task was just another on my scut list.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
Verb
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The 9 Best Rust Removers for Your Home Step 3: Scrub the Can Opener After Soaking After soaking, dip the toothbrush in the rust remover and use it to scrub the can opener parts, sloughing off any remaining rust and buildup.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 May 2025
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As a new generation sloughed off the integrationist dreams of their Civil Rights forbears in favor of the Black Power Movement’s call for self-determination, Baraka renegotiated his position as a white literary darling and embraced a racial pride reinforced by righteous anger.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Back then, the steamer was the first to push content out in 4K and later HDR.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
4 June 2025
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When used together, the steamer and the mask boost curls’ retention and definition while tending to overall hair health.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Barge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barge. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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