barge
Example Sentences
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He works as a deck hand, helping to load coal onto river barges.
In Britain, a populist insurgent barges into an election that is shaping up to be a crushing defeat for the long-ruling Conservatives.
From New York Times
This was said despite Ecology and the Board of Pilotage Commissioners evaluating the expanded use of tugboats to escort small tankers and oil barges in case of an emergency.
From Seattle Times
The barge crashed into a pillar supporting the Pelican Island Causeway span on May 15.
From Seattle Times
The salvage and recovery operation has involved more than a thousand workers and scores of barges, cranes, helicopters and Coast Guard cutters.
From New York Times
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