gangplank
Example Sentences
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The couple was arrested on March 31, 2021, on the gangplank at Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal in New Jersey and held without bail.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
As the Canberra repatriated the PoWs to Puerto Madryn - the Welsh-speaking enclave of Argentina - in July 1982, a Navy photographer captured Irfon and Giorgio sharing a heartfelt goodbye handshake on the gangplank.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2022
They got him to sick bay early that evening, she said, and soon after wheeled him down the gangplank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2020
Crozier, who walked alone down the gangplank of his giant ship to the cheers of his crew, is now infected with the virus from which he tried to shield his sailors.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2020
Its ropes had been looped over the posts and its slanted gangplank slid ashore.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
