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Recent Examples of gondola
Get cozy in the cushioned seats of a Venetian gondola powered by a gondolier wearing a striped shirt and straw hat.
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Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 28 Apr. 2026
The Wild Blue Gondola, completed for the 2023–24 season, became North America’s longest and fastest 10-person gondola, carrying skiers from the base to the top of Sunshine Peak in about 13 minutes.
—Will McGough, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026
The African Sky Safari gondola gives you a bird’s-eye view of giraffes, zebras and other animals roaming below, while also giving your feet a break.
—Taylor Haught, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
The video starts with the family of four riding a gondola lift to the slopes.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
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Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 28 Apr. 2026
The Wild Blue Gondola, completed for the 2023–24 season, became North America’s longest and fastest 10-person gondola, carrying skiers from the base to the top of Sunshine Peak in about 13 minutes.
—Will McGough, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026
The African Sky Safari gondola gives you a bird’s-eye view of giraffes, zebras and other animals roaming below, while also giving your feet a break.
—Taylor Haught, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
The video starts with the family of four riding a gondola lift to the slopes.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gondola
Noun
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Many whales now concentrate in a high traffic corridor between Angel Island, Alcatraz and Treasure Island, directly overlapping with ferry routes and shipping lanes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
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Riding a bike to work can also be part of a commute that also includes either a bus, a trolley, a ferry or walking.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Attractions like the London Zoo are only a short taxi ride away.—
Katie Lara,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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For the first time in China, a single carmaker has designed, engineered, and manufactured an autonomous taxi entirely in-house.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Crofton will be the only living person with a Disney ferryboat named after her.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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Right now, engineers and craft workers are teaming up to design and build the new ferryboat.—
Molly Burford,
Southern Living,
1 May 2026
Noun
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But crew numbers for each towboat are the same.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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The gig is providing extra income for Novinska, who's typically a towboat captain pushing barges full of goods on the river.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
1 Dec. 2025
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Timmy was transported to the North Sea in a specialized barge to get the animal away from shallow waters and released into the open ocean near Denmark.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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Many American farmers rely on fertilizer moving by barge up the Mississippi River ahead of the planting season, limiting their ability to defer purchases.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
14 May 2026
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The operator of a tugboat pushing a barge that crashed into a summer-camp sailboat in Biscayne Bay last summer, killing three young girls, is negotiating a guilty plea with prosecutors to spare the victims’ families from a trial, his attorney told the Miami Herald on Tuesday.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
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Like a tugboat guiding cargo ships in and out of port, it’s used in Woven City to autonomously move cars from the parking garage to a pickup area for residents.—
TIm Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Getting here is only possible by water taxi from Homer or floatplane from Anchorage.—
Kissa Castaneda,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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For a more scenic arrival, take a water taxi straight across the harbor to the docks in the Seaport, North End, or downtown.—
Cameron Sperance,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2026
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What was remarkable about Newcastle was how one tug on the thread caused Nuno’s players to unravel.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Aqua Lares, originally known as Giant I, was built as an icebreaking tug in 1974 by the Dutch shipyard IHC Verschure.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
15 May 2026
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“Gondola.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gondola. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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