gangplank
Example Sentences
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Jack said he watched me until my feet disappeared over the gangplank …
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023
One outside Fort Worth built a gangplank 22 feet above an arcade floor — walk it if you dare.
From New York Times • May 31, 2023
As the Canberra repatriated the PoWs to Puerto Madryn - the Welsh-speaking enclave of Argentina - in July 1982, a Navy photographer captured Irfon and Giorgio sharing a heartfelt goodbye handshake on the gangplank.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2022
As people were making their way down the gangplank in assigned groups, she was trying to keep her husband covered with towels and robes and a comforter, but he wouldn’t stop shaking.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2020
When I heard his heavy footsteps on the deck above me, I hustled to the stem, stepped lightly onto the gangplank, and then bolted for cover.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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