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barge

[bahrj] / bɑrdʒ /


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Some of the fuel ends up on a smaller barge.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Netflix or another streaming winner could barge in to buy the choice bits first.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 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

Three days before the U.S. game in Seattle some 500 fans, most wearing the blue-and-white striped jerseys of Argentina, filed onto a 322-foot cargo barge moored in Elliott Bay to watch their team play Algeria.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

But British gunboats fired on the barge that was carrying Arnold across the river, and he was forced to return to West Point.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

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

From Barron's Jul. 3, 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

The setup consists of three barges that line up one behind the other, close to the shore.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 7, 2025

The advisor in Three Kingdoms, for instance, who, needing arrows, floated barges of hay down an enemy-held river.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

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

Billions of pounds of alumina barged upriver will feed the smelter, while the metal will typically leave by rail or truck, Plotkin said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 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

Lyra barged open the door, dragged her rickety chair to the window, flung wide the casement, and scrambled out.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

"It should never have happened like this, whatever the reason," he said, likening the US attack to "someone barging into your house."

From Barron's Jan. 6, 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

And now, at the eleventh hour, a shadowy group is barging in to muddy the waters even further.

From Slate Oct. 29, 2024

“That’s right, kids. It’s me! Simawoo Harley-Dickinson, late of Scotland Yard. Good evening to you, Miss Lumley. Say, I hope you don’t mind me barging in like this.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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