gondola
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"My mother looked at me and said suddenly - look, a gondola is falling. She pretty much heard the impact of the gondola and saw how it fell," the skier told the Nau.ch website.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Mountain Village responded by passing, through a November 2025 ballot measure, a 5% tax on lift-ticket sales at Horning’s resort to fund the gondola.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
A plan to construct an estimated half-billion-dollar, 1.2-mile gondola from Union Station through Chinatown into Chavez Ravine by former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt took its first steps toward reality.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
Old World Gondoliers offer both public and private gondola rides, allowing guests with different budgets to enjoy the experience.
From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026
The truly daring, however, gamely climbed into a rattan gondola, felt hats or straw bowlers grasped tightly in hand as a hot-air balloon lofted them skyward.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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