gondola

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Recent Examples of gondola Below, the full slate of films taking the gondola over to Venice. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 July 2024 Wi-Fi: Free Nearby Attractions: Skiing and snowboarding Loyalty Programs: Sunshine Super Card Parking: Free — located at the bottom of the gondola. Laura Studarus, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2024 Located just a few steps away from the downtown gondola, this polished property is perfect for ski season, with amenities like a dedicated concierge team and an on-site wine bar that’s particularly popular for après-ski. Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 The gondolas take riders 11,500 feet above the ground, giving them a bird's-eye view of the vibrant colors on Mount Humphreys. Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gondola 
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Noun
  • While ferries don't have the same charging requirements as heavier ships, many companies are building redundancies into their crafts to ensure longer trips and less time at the charging station: Many ferries are powered by both batteries and diesel engines that can be used to offset one another.
    Leah Carroll, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • After a ferry delivered him to Oakland, Muir set out on foot and walked some 300 miles to Yosemite in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
    Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Base fares start as low as 4 yuan (around 55 cents), compared with 18 yuan (around $2.48) for a taxi driven by a human, according to state media outlet Global Times.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Expect a taxi from the airport to cost around €50 plus possible surcharges for luggage.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • For example, when over 1,000 people died in a ferryboat accident in the Red Sea in 2006, critics accused the military of failing to deploy quickly enough to rescue them.
    Jeff Martini, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011
  • On another ferryboat is the Constitution and all the state and local officials dedicated to upholding it.
    Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
Noun
  • The filing also details acquisitions, including the purchase of 13 inland tank barges and two high horsepower towboats for $65.2 million.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The captain of the barge's towboat reportedly lost consciousness, and the barge lost control and crashed into the pier support.
    Emily DeLetter, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • His friend, David, furiously began digging the pumpkin out, but the pair soon discovered that the beach had been used to moor barges, and there were large industrial cables underneath the ground.
    Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The new series follows Billie (Janice LeAnn Brown), a strong young wizard— who with the help of Alex— barges in Justin’s mundane life with his two boys, Roman (Alkaio Thiele) and Milo (Max Matenko), and his wife Giada (Mimi Gianopulos).
    Stephanie Andrade, StyleCaster, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The tugboat only carried five people in total, and four of the crew members were able to escape. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Only one person was killed, the ship's engineer — and his remains were found not long after.
    Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Francis then charged the U.S. government heavily inflated prices for services such as security, tugboats, food, water replenishment and trash removal.
    Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • He was last seen sidling his way onto Dickinson’s water taxi.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
  • This week, an idyllic beach on Fire Island was the site of a populist coup: Long an exclusive area for residents of the affluent nearby village of Bellport, Ho-Hum Beach was suddenly opened to everyone on Tuesday after a rival town supervisor began ferrying people over by water taxi.
    Bridget Read, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • That's because of the constant tug of gravity between the moon, Earth and sun.
    John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Chen’s quiet resilience, alongside Wang’s emotional fervor, perfectly encapsulates the tug of war between parental expectations and adolescent rebellion.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024

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“Gondola.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gondola. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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