barge
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"Today, most of the inland ports along the Rhine cannot be reached by barge anymore."
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The ships are being constructed in blocks which will be taken to Belfast by barge for final assembly.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The last barge to unload sets the price until the next delivery—months away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Some of the fuel ends up on a smaller barge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
First, workmen, specifically hired for the purpose, placed strong harnesses under the submarine and then attached them to a huge crane that sat upon a recovery barge.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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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
When she is at prayer in their hotel room, he barges in to ask about a misplaced item.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Three decommissioned lighters - old barges that were used to transport coal and other industrial materials - have been sunk in the Blackwater Estuary, between Maldon and West Mersea in Essex.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
Farther out, enormous robotic barges plowed through the waves.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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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
Billions of pounds of alumina barged upriver will feed the smelter, while the metal will typically leave by rail or truck, Plotkin said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Lawrence barged through three Saracens defenders for Bath's fourth try, but Caluori crossed within a couple of minutes when he cut in from the right to give Burke a slightly easier conversion, which he added.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
She walked up to the shack and rapped on the door and didn’t wait for it to be opened—she just barged in.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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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
After the collision, Piastri asked on the radio whether the team were "cool with Lando barging me out of the way" but McLaren took no action during the race.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
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
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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