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
For most of the trip thereafter, the crew of Civil War veterans, trappers and frontiersmen would portage the major rapids.
From Washington Times • Apr. 17, 2021
Roosevelt still worried about the time involved in making a detailed map—not to mention the time lost in building the portage.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
Vocabulary lists containing portage
Tolkien Reading Day, List 5
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