gangway
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Georgia's department of natural resources, which operates the dock, said at least 20 people plunged into the water when the gangway collapsed.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024
As they filed onto the gangway and descended to the rig, Temple identified the visitors.
From Slate • Dec. 16, 2023
Gump, the main character from the movie, was on a cross-country run when he jogged down a wooden gangway to the lighthouse, signaling he’d reached the East Coast.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2023
On Wednesday morning one crewman carried an umbrella up the gangway that the migrants unsteadily walked down last week, some of them met by stretchers and health workers with foil blankets.
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023
Well behind the gangway, and oddly out of sight of the coxswains, the starter stood on a platform constructed atop the superstructure of a flat-bottomed boat.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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