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The barges appear to be connected in a continuous span, with the lead ship's ramp extended past the beach.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025 -
In 2002, a freight barge struck a pier of Oklahoma’s Interstate 40 bridge after the towboat’s captain lost consciousness, collapsing a section of the bridge and killing 14.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 2025
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McIlroy stayed on an even keel after getting back to 12-under, shooting par in his next four holes before taking a four-stroke lead over DeChambeau, Ludvig Åberg and Rose, who birdied four times during a six-hole stretch to get back into the running at 9-under, after birdying the ninth hole.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Over the years, other forms of transport were added giving guests the option of traveling on smaller keel boats and canoes.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Cannabis Supplies Another option is to gift your friends cute cannabis supplies like papers, cones, lighters and matches.—
Emily Earlenbaugh,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Authorities at the prison discovered a box containing suboxone, marijuana, a scalpel, a phone charger, cigarettes, and lighters left outside of the facility and attached to a bedsheet hanging out of recreation room window.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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Matthews’ fastball has averaged 97.1 mph for the Saints, compared to 94.9 mph for the Twins as a rookie last season, and the velocity on his slider and cutter are also up 2-3 mph.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Lindor laid down a textbook bunt down for a single, and Soto hit a cutter to the left-center warning track with one on and none out.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
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The evening also included a tender video tribute to the late Warner Chappell Music Nashville president/CEO Ben Vaughn, who passed away in January.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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This requires information about baseline forest coverage and changes over time, which Space Intelligence won a competitive tender to supply.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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In a statement obtained PEOPLE, the city denied reports from Italian and international media outlets that weddings organizers for the Amazon founder, 61, and former journalist, 55, had booked large amounts of hotel rooms as well as gondolas and water taxis for daily transportation.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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This getaway includes water taxi tickets for viewing the beautiful cherry blossoms along the Potomac shoreline.—
Taryn White,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The Oceanic lifted the lifeboat onto its deck and brought it to New York.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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This bought the crew time to launch the lifeboats safely rather than feeling their way in complete darkness, Titanic analyst Parks Stephenson told BBC News.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2025
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However, apart from his time competing on high-speed M32 catamarans, Canfield’s experience and success have come through racing traditional keelboats.—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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Most of the time, a small keelboat barely exceeds 10 knots of speed (11.5mph).—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Narrow boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrow%20boat. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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