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Gondolas in the Great Park?
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Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 7 May 2025
The lake, surrounded by tall peaks, fills up the back window of the gondola.
—Will McGough, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Even if the revisions are approved, the delay could jeopardize the potential for the gondola to be up and running by the 2028 Olympic Games, in which baseball will be played at Dodger Stadium.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Several reports in Italian and international media suggested that Bezos' wedding organizers had already booked rooms at Venice's main luxury hotels and reserved for a few days in late June large numbers of gondolas and water taxis.
—Arkansas Online, 30 Mar. 2025
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Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 7 May 2025
The lake, surrounded by tall peaks, fills up the back window of the gondola.
—Will McGough, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Even if the revisions are approved, the delay could jeopardize the potential for the gondola to be up and running by the 2028 Olympic Games, in which baseball will be played at Dodger Stadium.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Several reports in Italian and international media suggested that Bezos' wedding organizers had already booked rooms at Venice's main luxury hotels and reserved for a few days in late June large numbers of gondolas and water taxis.
—Arkansas Online, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gondola
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The ferry operator transitioned to low-sulphur fuel in the early 1990s, followed by a number of other measures to reduce carbon emissions over the years.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 June 2025
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Arrive just before dusk, and the ferries that serve this area (yes, there’s a seasonal ferry to car-free Bald Head Island) are whisper-quiet.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2025
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Roth was released from prison in June 1985 after serving 16 years for the fatal shooting of a Topeka taxi driver.—
Stephanie Warsmith,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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Junior suites deliver enough space for a family of three to sprawl out in between taxi rides into Venice, and a poolside rooftop bar offers respite for parents monitoring high energy kiddos swimming away summertime twilight.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes.com,
6 June 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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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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But that changed in the 1950s after a barge, loaded with construction materials to build a school, got stuck near present-day Newtok and couldn’t navigate farther upriver.—
Emily Schwing,
ProPublica,
29 May 2025
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Ancient Egyptians are famous for their pioneering and mastery of hydraulics through canals for irrigation purposes and barges to transport huge stones.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Even with the grant, that’s a lot of money to spend on a tugboat.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
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In 1982, her father, who fought in the Vietnam War, captained a tugboat with 30 passengers fleeing central Vietnam amid the country’s post-war reconstruction, stopping briefly in Hong Kong before continuing to California.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
31 May 2025
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From there, take a private water taxi or a vaporetto (public boat) straight to the Grand Canal. 9.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Or take the water taxi, at City Dock, a focal point of downtown.—
Charles Babington,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Marine Group officials wanted to demonstrate that converting similarly sized tugs from diesel to electric can be replicated by other companies, such as excursion boats and dinner cruises.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
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That, in turn, scuttled the main objective of the mission — having the Otter rendezvous with the Launcher tug down the road.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
21 May 2025
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“Gondola.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gondola. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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