portage

Example Sentences

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Reaching the final stretch of the portage, the group trudged past the power plant and its massive pipelines coming down the mountainside.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2025

“With a barge, if you have a closure at a lock and dam it is not like canoeing or kayaking where you can portage around the obstacle. River transit will close,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2022

If you don’t need quite as much power and portage, Satechi sells a 66W three USB-C port charger for $55.

From The Verge • Jan. 7, 2022

Where it couldn’t, I accepted a nudge, or even in the case of a then-crumbling Saugus River footbridge, a brief portage.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2021

When Rondon arrived, he ordered Kermit to wait there while he and Lyra scouted from the river’s shoreline to determine if the rapids were passable or if a portage would need to be built.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple