gangplank
noun
gang·plank
ˈgaŋ-ˌplaŋk 
: a movable bridge used in boarding or leaving a ship at a pier
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There's any number of opportunities for mishaps, and with that comes this wonderful parade of guest stars every episode, like lambs to the slaughter, meekly, joyously walking up the gangplank, not remotely aware of what will befall them.
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Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2024
When Franklin walks up the gangplank to sail to Europe, the stairs come out now.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
Flash runs up the gangplank, onstage, and off the other side.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2023
In June, as part of a longer Manchin profile, The New Yorker relayed an anecdote from February about Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) nearly plunging into frigid water after slipping on an icy gangplank following a dinner aboard Almost Heaven with Manchin and Susan Collins (R-Me.).
—Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2021
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Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2024
When Franklin walks up the gangplank to sail to Europe, the stairs come out now.
—D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
Flash runs up the gangplank, onstage, and off the other side.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2023
In June, as part of a longer Manchin profile, The New Yorker relayed an anecdote from February about Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) nearly plunging into frigid water after slipping on an icy gangplank following a dinner aboard Almost Heaven with Manchin and Susan Collins (R-Me.).
—Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2021
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gangplank
noun
gang·plank
ˈgaŋ-ˌplaŋk
: a movable bridge from a ship to the shore
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