barge
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The barge spends another two days navigating to the town of Dillingham.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Elsewhere, lower water volumes in the Missouri and Mississippi River basins threaten to disrupt coal shipments by barge, a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission report warned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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
These boats will be paddled down the river to tow and guide the barge.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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But then came a foul: one robot barges into the goalkeeper, sending it crashing to the ground.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Cammell Laird, for instance, now builds the bow sections for the Type 26 frigates and transports them on barges from their Birkenhead base to Govan on the Clyde.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
The Navy had bulked up its escort system with militarized barges and other fortifications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
The old barges, once used to transport building materials, coal and food from the Port of London, have spent more than 30 years moored in Essex.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
The workers woke early, and for the first few months they were “seasoned”—learning the numbing work of hoeing or weeding or loading the barges with cut cane.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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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
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
As the journalists interacted with the migrants, uniformed police barged in and detained the lawyer and four journalists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The whole area was coated in black soot and it looked like a pack of feral ceratopses had barged through, but at least the walls were still standing.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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Another reveals that Sidney has security cameras linked to her phone, yet she forgets about them to go barging into her dark house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
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
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
The next morning, Jess and Mom had barely finished breakfast when the twins came barging through their door.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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