as in whaleboat
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Recent Examples of workboat
Rose’s father, Kommer, is among the few billionaires in the field, thanks to his idea of introducing standardization and modular manufacturing from the car industry to building workboats, which shorten delivery times and reduce production costs.
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Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
With little overt military value, Australia’s cheap-but-robust commercial workboats are subject to fierce debate.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 3 May 2023
In the Black Sea, trading an old workboat or other hulk for even a mere mission-kill on a Russian combatant is eminently worthwhile.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 8 June 2022
At the same time, the firm is testing a new, 29-foot-long workboat for the US Coast Guard that can be operated by remote control from shore or switched to a fully autonomous mode.
—Eric Niiler, Wired, 30 Oct. 2020
At 32 feet, his Alona Rahab was among the smallest workboats in the Tangier fleet and could almost fit inside the Henrietta C.
—Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
Forty-odd islanders on 15 workboats spent days dragging the bottom but pulled up only algae and sea grapes.
—Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
Feuchter had sailed around the bay painting Chesapeake workboats, pungie.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 14 Apr. 2018
Giant workboats — the equivalent of floating dump trucks — carry loads of mud, fuel, water, food and other supplies the crews require.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2018
Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
With little overt military value, Australia’s cheap-but-robust commercial workboats are subject to fierce debate.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 3 May 2023
In the Black Sea, trading an old workboat or other hulk for even a mere mission-kill on a Russian combatant is eminently worthwhile.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 8 June 2022
At the same time, the firm is testing a new, 29-foot-long workboat for the US Coast Guard that can be operated by remote control from shore or switched to a fully autonomous mode.
—Eric Niiler, Wired, 30 Oct. 2020
At 32 feet, his Alona Rahab was among the smallest workboats in the Tangier fleet and could almost fit inside the Henrietta C.
—Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
Forty-odd islanders on 15 workboats spent days dragging the bottom but pulled up only algae and sea grapes.
—Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
Feuchter had sailed around the bay painting Chesapeake workboats, pungie.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 14 Apr. 2018
Giant workboats — the equivalent of floating dump trucks — carry loads of mud, fuel, water, food and other supplies the crews require.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workboat
Noun
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In Robert Brill’s set, the stage is shaped like a half-pipe with rungs, so that cast members scramble, pitch, tumble, and row flimsy whaleboats over massive waves.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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On July 20, 1775, Major Joseph Vose and sixty Continental soldiers landed on Little Brewster in nimble whaleboats.—
Dorothy Wickenden,
The New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2023
Noun
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Lowe's grandfather was a commercial fisherman, and his grandfather's uncles were commercial whalers, who passed down the terror of whales to the subsequent generations, Lowe said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
8 June 2025
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They’re named after Johan Bryde, an early 20th-century Norwegian whaler.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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One of the luggers offered her the pick of the litter but warned against some old chairs.—
Jake Offenhartz,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.—
Michael Taylor,
Forbes,
22 June 2022
Noun
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Gulf Coast shrimpers have been pummeled in recent years by natural and man-made disasters, as well as rising fuel costs.—
Emily Cochrane,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Southern shrimpers face multiple challenges, including rising costs and cheaper foreign imports.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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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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The pair have since expanded into an online booking site for flights, hotels, car rentals and ferries.—
Katherine Love,
Forbes.com,
11 June 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
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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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“Workboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workboat. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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