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to move heavily or clumsily
the big man barged into the room
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Recent Examples of barge
Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
The pair argues before Ben barges into the Oscar nominee’s dressing room.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
Video taken from shore showed salvage workers guiding it gently to the deck of a barge.
—Karina Tsui, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Neely barged onto the train, threw his jacket on the floor, raised his fists and started making death threats, according to witnesses.
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An American Airlines plane takes off as a salvage barge with a crane is positioned near the crash site along the Potomac River after a passenger jet collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for barge
Verb
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The plan involved shuffling around existing crew assignments to free up two of the four seats on a SpaceX capsule that launched in late September, so that Wilmore and Williams could occupy the seats on the return trip.—
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For all of the conversation late last year analyzing how quickly Sporting KC might be able to shuffle the chairs — or even Vermes praising the way his team played Wednesday — a swap at striker, a swap in the mentality at striker, transcends everything else.—
Noun
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The measures quickly disrupted the flow of sanctioned Russian oil to China and India, with millions of barrels now left floating on tankers as few want to risk American enforcement actions.—
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The vessels in question are not modern, but rather are primarily aging fuel tankers.—
Verb
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Boston stomped the competition last season en route to winning their record 18th NBA championship.—
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As the lead-in to headliners Red Clay Strays, 49 Winchester were a hard act to follow, with singer Isaac Gibson stomping about the stage while showing off the wide range of emotion in his voice.—
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Infected rats likely brought the disease from steamships to the shore.—
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Fitzcarraldo Year: 1982 Runtime: 2h 37m Director: Werner Herzog Werner Herzog set out to make a movie about a man who was insane enough to try and move a steamship over land from one river to another and Herzog himself was insane enough to actually try and replicate it.—
Verb
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Liv hesitates, does awkward stumble toward her, drops head onto Sally’s shoulder.—
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But after entering the All-Star break holding a Wild Card, Boston stumbled almost immediately in the second half.—
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The freighter encountered 35-foot waves, snow and winds at 51 mph with gusts up to 66 mph.—
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The 50 Let Pobedy (50 Years of Victory) icebreaker was attempting to free the freighter Yamal Krechet from ice which was preventing it from reaching the port of Sabetta, in the Kara Sea, according to an expert.—
Verb
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Don’t wait for late-arriving Easter to fire the starting gun for spring: April 1 is a good excuse to slough off the doldrums of winter and start exploring again.—
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And last but not least, the Clarify collection — which has Clarifying Shampoo, Scalp Serum and Scalp Scrub — is all about showing love to your scalp and sloughing off the day.—
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The researchers stipulate that the steamer basket of eggs must be dunked into the boiling water for two minutes, then into the lukewarm water for two minutes—a switch that’s to be repeated eight total times before you’re cleared to run them under cold water and peel off the shells.—
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To steam: Line steamer basket with steamer paper and place prepared dumplings in a single layer in the basket, with 1 inch between each.—
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“Barge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barge. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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