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gangway

[gang-wey, gang-wey] / ˈgæŋˌweɪ, ˈgæŋˈweɪ /


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Without glancing back, he took the gangway up to the helipad.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2023

“Typically, there should be water right where we’re standing,” he said, perched atop dry rocks on a metal gangway that leads to the floating pumphouse.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2023

Other reports said that, while the barge had three fire exits, one was not operational because it was at the end of a gangway that had been deemed too steep to be safely used.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2023

On Wednesday morning one crewman carried an umbrella up the gangway that the migrants unsteadily walked down last week, some of them met by stretchers and health workers with foil blankets.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023

Merry led the pony over a gangway on to the ferry, and the others followed.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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