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barge

[bahrj] / bɑrdʒ /


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Because there are no deep-water ports on the coast, the tanker offloads a portion of the fuel onto a smaller barge about 80 miles west, a process called “lightering.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Since his election, Magyar has said his government should not be determining how Hungarians should live, adding it does not want to "barge into anyone's bedroom".

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

The organization also noted that the barge carrying the fireworks was around two miles from Jackie and Shadow’s nest and that the show was scheduled to finish in under 30 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

Along the city’s waterfront, hundreds of people paid $52 to stand on a barge and watch the game on a scoreboard-sized TV.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

In 1421 the great engineer and architect Brunelleschi was given a three-year patent by the city of Florence on a new design for a barge for carrying marble.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

But then came a foul: one robot barges into the goalkeeper, sending it crashing to the ground.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

In La Verne: In a scene filmed at La Verne United Methodist Church, Benjamin Braddock, played by Dustin Hoffman, barges into a church and interrupts a wedding, screaming, “Elaine, Elaine,” in “The Graduate.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 16, 2026

The scale of the heat pumps was determined partly by limits on the size of machinery that could be transported through the streets of Mannheim, or potentially via barges along the Rhine.

From BBC Dec. 15, 2025

Then she slow-motion struts down an L.A. sidewalk in heels, barges into the meeting, props her bloody, bandaged foot on the table, and somehow still closes the deal with the celebrity stylist.

From Salon Dec. 15, 2025

They filled the punts and barges that crowded the two rivers.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

Before further questions could be asked, a federal agent barged in and said Bušić had to appear before a federal judge.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

Behind them, Verstappen barged Hamilton aside at Turn Three on the first lap, before the seven-time champion reclaimed the place later in the lap.

From BBC May 2, 2026

Incendiary is certainly a word one could use to describe public sentiment toward AI, which has barged into public life with a pace and aggression unlike any of its technological predecessors.

From Barron's Apr. 14, 2026

I was sitting in the chair in mid-shave when a bald gentleman barged into the shop searching not for a cut, but a promise.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 22, 2026

Our across-the-street neighbor Mr. Georgiou barged in with four big pizza boxes—two-footers.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

This week, a lot of companies at CES in Las Vegas seem to be barging in on Tesla’s AI-related businesses, trying to build self-driving cars and AI-trained robots.

From Barron's Jan. 8, 2026

But the menacing strangers kept barging in — and upping their demands, from $500 a month to $1,000 a month to $2,000 a month, all the way up to $10,000 a month.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2025

Second row Cyril Caseaux scored the only try of the second period, barging over from short range.

From BBC May 24, 2025

Videos on social media showed swarms of consumers barging into stores, frantically grabbing as many bags as possible.

From Salon May 11, 2025

I knew about police barging into local rootworkers’ homes.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce




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