moorings

Example Sentences

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Both vessels were lost on their moorings in the harbour.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Their pop-historical account of the Constitution has been debunked from top to bottom by legitimate legal historians, who have refuted the rotten moorings of this bogus theory with devastating precision.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2025

The attack damaged one of the moorings at a Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal, whose shareholders include Russia and Kazakhstan as well as U.S. majors Chevron and Exxon Mobil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

Yacht moorings: During renovations, he spent time on one of his yachts anchored in the Potomac River and another penthouse apartment.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2024

The sea slapped and sucked at the pilings, and fishing-boats jogged at their moorings, and out at the end of the long pier burned a lamp.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin