barges

• This time, however, nestled out of sight between the barges were the two FOMs with Lieutenant Meyerkord and Chief Barney on one and Dai-uy Hoa aboard the other. —  Brown Waters, Black Berets
• Here the water eddied in a rusty channel, and the barges were aground upon the mud. —  The Rising of the Moon - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 18: 1945
• The plan would reduce Google's tax exposure and could drive down energy costs if the barges are able to capture wave power. expends a lot of effort protecting its users 'personal data from hackers and identity pirates; but wouldn't a floating supercomputer with terabytes of valuable personal data be a rich target for honest-to-goodness high-seas pirates? —  Freakonomics
• He fell at his father's feet, and the lord of the world pressed the heir to his sacred bosom A moment later the side walls of the tent rose, and all the people on both banks of the Nile saw their ruler on a throne, and on the high step of it Ramses kneeling, with his head on the breast of his father Such silence followed that the rustling of banners on the barges was audible. —  The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
• I remember an epigram by "Martial in London" in the latter In Craven Street, Strand, four attorneys find place And four dark coal-barges are moored at the base Fly, Honesty, fly--seek some safer retreat For there's craft on the river, and craft in the street I never pass by Craven Street without recalling this, and so it has come to pass that by such memories and associations London in a thousand ways is always reviving my early life in America The Noctes Ambrosianae puzzled me, as did the Bible, but I read, read, read, toujours_. —  Memoirs

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