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Recent Examples of tugboat
The ship’s backward speed increased from 3.3 knots to 5.1 knots between 8:23 and 8:24, p.m., which prompted the harbor pilot to call for tugboat assistance.
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David Chiu, People.com, 1 July 2025
The situation began to unfold after the ship was untied from the dock at 8:16 p.m. Three minutes later, the tugboat Charles D. McAllister assisted the Cuauhtémoc off the pier.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 30 June 2025
Jeff Gammons--Getty Images After the fire initially happened, the plan was to have a tugboat crew pull the ship back to a port in Mexico.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 24 June 2025
The tugboat got new boilers and was renamed the J.C. Ames.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
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David Chiu, People.com, 1 July 2025
The situation began to unfold after the ship was untied from the dock at 8:16 p.m. Three minutes later, the tugboat Charles D. McAllister assisted the Cuauhtémoc off the pier.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 30 June 2025
Jeff Gammons--Getty Images After the fire initially happened, the plan was to have a tugboat crew pull the ship back to a port in Mexico.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 24 June 2025
The tugboat got new boilers and was renamed the J.C. Ames.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tugboat
Noun
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The Wake Pro 230 was designed around being a towboat, for water-skiing, wakeboarding, or wake-surfing.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
11 July 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
Noun
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The barge was being pushed from behind by a tugboat.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
29 July 2025
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In time, the regulatory authority extended to the railroads’ competitors—barges and trucking, for example—giving them, too, the benefits of federal regulation.—
John C. Goodman,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
Noun
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The photographs show a tug pushing a large barge with a crane mounted on top of it.—
Carl David Goette-Luciak,
Miami Herald,
29 July 2025
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It was given a tug from a golf cart and pulled in neutral to a grassy lot where potential buyers could place a higher bid.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 July 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Classic ferry ticket, $22.95 for an adult round-trip ticket and $17.95 for children.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
30 July 2025
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From the ferry landing, hike the Cape Moreton Track to the historic Cape Moreton Lighthouse (the only stone lighthouse in Queensland) and take in sweeping views of the Pacific.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
26 July 2025
Noun
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Verdier’s innovative design will use a canting keel as the support for one of the foils, with the other two contact points being a foil on the rudder and the two lateral foils.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
26 June 2025
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The ship’s construction began in February 2023 with steel cutting and then progressed with the keel laying in December 2023.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Blasetti is facing grand larceny charges for allegedly swiping a keelboat from the Dyckman Marina in Inwood around noon Saturday and rowed it to a trimaran moored out in the Hudson River.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
24 July 2025
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However, apart from his time competing on high-speed M32 catamarans, Canfield’s experience and success have come through racing traditional keelboats.—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Epic story of perseverance and hope follows a 16-year-old boy who is shipwrecked in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and survives on a lifeboat with four companions: a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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The posts said the man treaded water for about 20 minutes while waiting on a lifeboat.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 June 2025
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“Tugboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tugboat. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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