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

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

Sailors with side arms stood watch by the gangplank, seemingly oblivious to the cold rain lashing their faces.

From New York Times • May 22, 2021

Vaulting over the rail, Tanin ran down the gangplank to the dock.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee