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barge

[bahrj] / bɑrdʒ /


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Green has his braggadocious billionaire Foghorn barge into scenes like the second-coming of John Goodman, although it’s probably more accurate to guess that Goodman was inspired by him.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

The ships are being constructed in blocks which will be taken to Belfast by barge for final assembly.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Fuel typically arrives by barge in the summer, when ice clears from waterways.

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

One Jewish family in our building took a barge up the Vistula River to Warsaw, more than one hundred fifty miles to the northeast.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

America’s second largest port and its partner are trying to tap into the energy that powers nuclear submarines and build power plants on barges.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

It envisions putting the reactors on floating barges, which could be anchored miles offshore.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Two 80-metre barges are also being stationed at Paks that could be sunk to raise the water level.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

According to the event's organisers, approximately 850,000 fireworks will be launched from 10 sites across the city, including eight barges on the Potomac River.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Everything was hauled to the surface and dumped into robotic barges, and then the fleet of cleanup robots sailed away.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

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

I entered the office to discuss the matter, but before I could even open my mouth, Jimmy had barged in and loudly said to the official, “Give me my letter!”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

And he needed all of his snarl and bite to survive the three laps of jostling, barging and bumping that followed.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

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

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

From Salon May 11, 2025

The traffic is astonishing, there’s honking and barging, people drive right out to the middle of the intersections and sit there when the light changes.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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