gangplank
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When the 380-foot steamship Great Republic—one of the world’s largest passenger vessels at the time—arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong, 1,300 blue-coated Chinese laborers filed down its gangplank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
I didn’t need Dreyfuss to step off a spaceship gangplank and say, “I’m back.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
The couple was arrested on March 31, 2021, on the gangplank at Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal in New Jersey and held without bail.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
Julia told an interviewer years later that Tyler picked her up and carried her across a gangplank to a rescue boat.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2022
Bill and Janie ran all over the ship, and did not want to leave when it was time to draw up the gangplank.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
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