barge
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Because there are no deep-water ports on the coast, the tanker offloads a portion of the fuel onto a smaller barge about 80 miles west, a process called “lightering.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Elsewhere, lower water volumes in the Missouri and Mississippi River basins threaten to disrupt coal shipments by barge, a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission report warned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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
The organization also noted that the barge carrying the fireworks was around two miles from Jackie and Shadow’s nest and that the show was scheduled to finish in under 30 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Ann and Virginia will return to James Town tomorrow with the barge.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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In Dillingham, a coastal city in Western Alaska, barges have started coming in, and with them, higher fuel prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
But then came a foul: one robot barges into the goalkeeper, sending it crashing to the ground.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
The Navy had bulked up its escort system with militarized barges and other fortifications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
The barges were filled and covered with sediment to create a new island for birds including endangered dunlin, curlew, ringed plover and lapwing.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
It took ten hours to unload the barges.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
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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
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
As the journalists interacted with the migrants, uniformed police barged in and detained the lawyer and four journalists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
My mind was scribbled with black thoughts as I reached home and barged into the back room.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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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
Police and wildlife officials were bombarded for weeks with reports of bears barging into homes in Sierra Madre, smashing windows and slashing screen doors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025
Videos on social media showed swarms of consumers barging into stores, frantically grabbing as many bags as possible.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
India's Virat Kohli has been fined 20% of his match fee after barging into Australia opener Sam Konstas on day one of the fourth Test in Melbourne.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024
As Vivian tucks the quilt around her legs, Molly says, “Sorry for barging in like this.”
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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