as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
the big man barged into the room
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Recent Examples of barge
Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Moore then allegedly barged into the residence, grabbing a butter knife and a pair of scissors and beginning to threaten his own life.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Loren Grush, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2025
During that first flight, the rocket’s booster missed the key goal of landing on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean for future reuse.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2025
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Verb
On the day he was fired, Moore allegedly went to the woman's home, barged in and grabbed butter knives and a pair of kitchen scissors, threatening to take his own life.
—Noun
During that flight, the rocket’s main booster successfully landed on a floating barge in the ocean after takeoff.
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Verb
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Even with my winter boots and sturdy soles, caution dictates a short stride, a shuffling gait end eyes riveted to the slippery ground.—
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First, the sophomore shuffled back into coverage after showing A-gap pressure to intercept a Bryce Underwood pass over the middle of the field, ending a key fourth-quarter drive.—
Noun
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Putin is yet to comment on the developments related to the tanker, which the US had previously sanctioned for carrying illicit Iranian oil.—
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Fox News was first to report that SEALs seized the tanker.—
Verb
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Jenkins brutally stomped and punched Coto, who was severely injured and put on life support.—
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Take it slower and stomp a path through new snow or ski on a frozen pond.—
Noun
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As the ship’s pilot, Smalls took charge and ordered the crew to light the fires that fueled the steamship.—
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The steamship was capable of carrying over 1,100 passengers and crew.—
Verb
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Government agencies and businesses that invest in this training, and that insist every critical number survives a deterministic check, will capture AI's benefits without stumbling into its blind spots.—
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Dodge, still suffering the consequences of axing the popular previous generations of Charger and Challenger muscle cars, saw sales stumble down 28% compared with the previous year.—
Noun
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The freighter arrived in the United Kingdom at the port of Felixstowe just 20 days later—successfully launching the first-ever Arctic commercial-container route from Asia to Europe.—
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The Edmund Fitzgerald, once a record-setting freighter on the Great Lakes, sank in a November storm in 1975, taking all 29 crew members with her.—
Verb
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The stand collar is ideal for keeping the chill out, too, while a water-resistant fabric sloughs off rain and snow with ease.—
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The Abandons feels noticeably scant in world-building and character development, as if all of the details and concepts Sutter would normally include in a 13-episode season got sloughed off.—
Noun
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Hold the steamer at least 6 inches from the fabric until the fabric is damp.—
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Lastly, a steamer with window/glass attachment is a must.—
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“Barge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barge. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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