gangplank
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When the 380-foot steamship Great Republic—one of the world’s largest passenger vessels at the time—arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong, 1,300 blue-coated Chinese laborers filed down its gangplank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
I didn’t need Dreyfuss to step off a spaceship gangplank and say, “I’m back.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Jack said he watched me until my feet disappeared over the gangplank …
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
One outside Fort Worth built a gangplank 22 feet above an arcade floor — walk it if you dare.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
Using a gangplank hastily hammered together from wooden boards, refugees from Da Nang disembark from the US Military Sealift Command ship Pioneer Contender at Cam Ranh Bay 1975.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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