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At the time of the crash, the tugboat's radio was also tuned to a channel used to communicate with drawbridge operators instead of one used for emergencies on the water, according to prosecutors, even though the boat's path didn't include any drawbridges.
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Dennis Romero, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
The captain of the tugboat pushing a large construction barge that crashed into a sailboat full of summer campers, killing three young girls last summer, has been charged with their deaths.
—David Goodhue, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
According to the charging document, Insua was operating a 25-foot tugboat pushing a 108-foot-long, 149-gross ton construction barge.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
The government said the tugboat was stolen and sank during a collision with other boats trying to intercept it.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
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Dennis Romero, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
The captain of the tugboat pushing a large construction barge that crashed into a sailboat full of summer campers, killing three young girls last summer, has been charged with their deaths.
—David Goodhue, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
According to the charging document, Insua was operating a 25-foot tugboat pushing a 108-foot-long, 149-gross ton construction barge.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
The government said the tugboat was stolen and sank during a collision with other boats trying to intercept it.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tugboat
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
Noun
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The largest piece of hardware for NASA’s Artemis III mission arrived at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Monday after a trip by barge from its factory in New Orleans, Florida Today reports.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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The barge is now expected to go around the northern tip of Denmark via the strait of Skagerrak toward the North Sea.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Instead, use your thumb and forefinger to grasp the berry at the stem and give it a gentle tug.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2026
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Matching net-zero targets The Svitzer Balder is an innovative TRAnsverse tug design.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The ferryboat was on the go all day long, covering more miles in a day than the barge would cover in a century.—
Eric DuVall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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One foggy morning this spring, a ferryboat traversed the choppy waters between lower Manhattan and Governors Island.—
Adam Iscoe,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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An encroaching fog is disrupting the ferry schedule.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 Apr. 2026
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The ferry departs from Ceiba, just over an hour's drive southeast from San Juan.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Apr. 2026
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The steady uptick on the digital side of the ledger has helped keep local sports viewership on an even keel despite the ongoing disruption of the legacy TV model.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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There’s no keel, so the skilled oarsmen work hard to steer them with each stroke.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Apr. 2026
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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Most of the time, a small keelboat barely exceeds 10 knots of speed (11.5mph).—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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The lifeboat later became the subject of controversy after its occupants did not return to rescue others in the water.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Earth was just this lifeboat hanging undisturbingly in the universe.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Tugboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tugboat. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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