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Recent Examples of towboat
The captain of the barge's towboat reportedly lost consciousness, and the barge lost control and crashed into the pier support.
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Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
Victims and families settled a lawsuit with the towboat company, Magnolia Marine Transport Co., in May 2003 for an undisclosed amount.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
The American Waterways Operators (AWO), which represents the tugboat, towboat and barge industry, has opposed the regulation over concerns about diesel particulate filters (DPFs) catching fire.
—Thomas Catenacci, Fox News, 14 Apr. 2024
The railroad bridge became misaligned due to a hit from barges being transported by a towboat called Mauvilla.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
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Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
Victims and families settled a lawsuit with the towboat company, Magnolia Marine Transport Co., in May 2003 for an undisclosed amount.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
The American Waterways Operators (AWO), which represents the tugboat, towboat and barge industry, has opposed the regulation over concerns about diesel particulate filters (DPFs) catching fire.
—Thomas Catenacci, Fox News, 14 Apr. 2024
The railroad bridge became misaligned due to a hit from barges being transported by a towboat called Mauvilla.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for towboat
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The ship, though owned and operated by Chouest, was part of Shell’s Arctic fleet, designed for a specific role: as a tugboat that could tow Shell’s 250-foot-tall polar drill rig, the Kulluk, around the coast of Alaska and help anchor it in the waters of the Far North.—
McKenzie Funk,
ProPublica,
23 Jan. 2025
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Finnish authorities deployed a tugboat and a patrol ship to secure the vessel and mitigate any potential environmental risks.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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Blue Origin, however, failed to meet its secondary goal of recovering the reusable booster stage of the rocket—which was supposed to land on a barge floating in the Atlantic but was lost during reentry.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The company conceded that the goal of landing the rocket's reusable first stage booster on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean failed, after the booster was lost during reentry.—
Ivana Saric,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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But that policy tug of war didn’t materialize during their brief meeting.—
Adam Nagourney,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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This expandable option goes from 30 to 40 liters with the tug of a zipper and can hold eight pairs of pants, eight shirts, a laptop, shoes, and more.—
Miles Walls,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2025
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That’s beneficial for weight loss, experts say, because if blood sugar is kept on an even keel, with few spikes or dips, the body’s cells can more effectively burn fat between meals for energy.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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Beneath the mast and attached to the bottom of the keel is an aluminum cross piece, which prevents the seismometer from toppling over.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Jan. 2025
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Typically 60 feet long and 8 feet wide, capable of bearing 40 tons, the keelboat was specially designed for the western rivers.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2024
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In a dominating victory in the three-person Soling keelboat at the 1972 Olympics, Melges unseated the sport’s greatest sailor, Paul Elvstrom, who had won four Olympic Gold medals.—
Chris Museler,
New York Times,
22 May 2023
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Maritime Museum of San Diego seeks volunteers The nonprofit Maritime Museum of San Diego starts the next Docent Volunteer Training Program for newcomers Jan. 21 at the museum on the upper deck of the ferryboat Berkeley.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Jan. 2025
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For example, when over 1,000 people died in a ferryboat accident in the Red Sea in 2006, critics accused the military of failing to deploy quickly enough to rescue them.—
Jeff Martini,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Sep. 2011
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“Towboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towboat. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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