gangplank

Example Sentences

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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

Since the pandemic began, the crowds that Mr. Ng once jostled to squeeze onto the ferry gangplank are gone.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022

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

Mr. Jordan, a wide man, blocked the gangplank by standing right behind my father.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz