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- noun Plural form of
tugboat .
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However, there were other means of escape available, such as tugboats, plying between Flushing, Rotterdam, and other adjacent points in
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902
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Perhaps this explains my desire to involve 'tugboats' and thus 'towing' in this regard, but I feel the metaphor of sacrifice of self for conformity remains intact.
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My canal-side atelier is filled with the sights and sounds of tall-masted old sailboats and put-putting tugboats outside and that ochreous Dutch sunlight pouring in during the afternoon.
Susan Fogwell: An American Sculptor in Holland Susan Fogwell 2011
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Haroun told the AP that weapons were assembled and sent by tugboats to Tripoli on Friday night.
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His 15 tugboats have been subcontracted by Cosco in Piraeus.
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My canal-side atelier is filled with the sights and sounds of tall-masted old sailboats and put-putting tugboats outside and that ochreous Dutch sunlight pouring in during the afternoon.
Susan Fogwell: An American Sculptor in Holland Susan Fogwell 2011
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The schooner Anne was a fine rendition of a pirate ship being that it was the only boat that looked traditional with its wooden masts in a bay lined with huge freighter ships, work barges, and tugboats to service them.
Reid Stowe & Soanya Ahmad: Pirates in Red Hook Reid Stowe 2011
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Haroun told the AP that weapons were assembled and sent by tugboats to Tripoli on Friday night.
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It has sent two tugboats, an oil spill response vessel and two coast-guard vessels to the location.
Norway, Sweden Work to Contain Oil Spill Sven Grundberg 2011
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Such leviathans—about the length of four soccer fields and more than 100 feet high—are towed by large tugboats to their destination, and journeys to Africa and Europe can take four or five months.
Shipyards Running Aground Evan Ramstad 2011
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