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dock

noun as in waterfront

verb as in land on the waterfront

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The 26 were beaten by the bailiffs as they filed into a caged dock, sobbing, on Dec. 21.

Once the ships that rescued them dock at port, they disembark.

Lupher says the Carnival Magic tried to land in Cozumel, but that the Mexican authorities blocked them from the dock.

As he was taken down from the dock to be driven to prison he was downcast, as anyone would be who was publicly sacrificed.

And this capsule will be able to dock itself, without needing the ISS to grab ahold and guide it in.

William Kidd with others executed at Execution dock, London, for piracy.

It was no new region to me, nor was I ignorant of the specified drinking den on the dock to which I had been directed.

It was a peculiar, narrow little dock, completely rock-bound, except for the passage leading into it.

It was a head such as one may see in the dock at certain criminal trials that are held with closed doors.

Then on board the Prince, now in the dock, and indeed it has one and no more rich cabins for carved work, but no gold in her.

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On this page you'll find 61 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dock, such as: berth, harbor, jetty, pier, wharf, and embarkment.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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