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towboat

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Definition of towboat

as in tugboat

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Recent Examples of towboat Witnesses watch as barge hits sailboat of campers The operator likely couldn’t hear from inside the pilot house atop the towboat, the captain said. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2025 The Wake Pro 230 was designed around being a towboat, for water-skiing, wakeboarding, or wake-surfing. — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 11 July 2025 In 2002, a freight barge struck a pier of Oklahoma’s Interstate 40 bridge after the towboat’s captain lost consciousness, collapsing a section of the bridge and killing 14. — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025 According to her Forbes profile, Ingram Marine operates 5,000 barges and approximately 150 towboats on America's inland waterways. — Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 11 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for towboat

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Noun

The nearly 70-foot-long tugboat changed ownership several times before it was abandoned at the mouth of the Amnicon River in 1951.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
The tugboat captain who in 2025 was steering the barge that crashed into a sailboat on Biscayne Bay near Miami Beach, killing three girls, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Tuesday afternoon.

— Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of tugboat

Noun

The company’s barge, named You’ll Thank Me Later, has been making runs between the two states and recently docked to bring some construction material at KSC’s turn basin.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
The wreckage may have come from a schooner barge, a type of merchant vessel commonly used to transport cargo along the East Coast during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Robinson said.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of barge

Noun

Nothing about Capra is weirder, to be honest, than the way in which, from one film of his to the next, suicide tugs at our sleeve.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
The tug was attacked in the Gulf of Oman, south of the narrow Strait of Hormuz, which has faced blockades and attacks in recent months.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of tug

Noun

This sailing school follows both Sail Canada's and keelboat certification programs as well.

— Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
However, apart from his time competing on high-speed M32 catamarans, Canfield’s experience and success have come through racing traditional keelboats.

— Andrew Rice, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025

Definition of keelboat

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