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But there is a wide berth of procedures between emergency and truly elective, leaving people in need of things like ACL tear repairs or minimally invasive heart procedures, where delaying could pose health risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Chesney was hired in December from James Madison, which he led to a 12-1 record this season and the program’s first berth in the College Football Playoff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Containers, in 20-foot-equivalent units, waiting to berth at ports worldwide—a new all-time congestion high—mainly because of storms in East Asia disrupting schedules, according to Linerlytica.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

But those resources have bought just one playoff berth and one winning season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Ben had watched her at church and her pinched bloodless face and the stiffness of her bearing, as though her joints lacked oil, made him grant her a wide and respectful berth.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Hundreds of metres of berths sat empty and towering gantry cranes stood idle as a skeleton crew conducted maintenance.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Rigs are standing still, while oil-loading berths along the Persian Gulf are empty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

Attacks targeted Iraq’s Majnoon oilfield and a tanker near Fujairah, U.A.E., leading to the suspension of loading berths.

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

That in itself is not an unusual number, as ships routinely wait their turn to load or unload at port berths in the region.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026

We couldn’t get berths in the sleeper car, so we dozed in our seats.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

While rain battered Manhattan during Memorial Day weekend, more than 1,400 people packed into the hangar deck of the USS Intrepid, a World War II aircraft carrier permanently berthed at Midtown Manhattan’s Pier 86.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Each “Book” occupies one side of a long bilateral vitrine, which commands the narrow gallery like a berthed aircraft carrier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

Another 57 containers were reported damaged after the ship berthed at the Port of Long Beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

Bright Spark: "Side-on view of the Vital Spark berthed in Inveraray", says Bryan Wark.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024

Their skiffs were berthed next to each other at a place called Ted’s Marina.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

It had requested emergency berthing - but by the morning the Singapore-flagged vessel was alight.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025

HM Coastguard said the salvage of Solong had progressed to enable its relocation to Aberdeen for safe berthing.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025

While electrification at the berthing docks is already underway in Seattle, grant programs in the legislation will support further electrification and the transition from diesel-powered machinery, not just in Washington but around the country.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

Turkey's Ceyhan port was ready to resume Iraqi crude oil loadings from storage on Tuesday, but bad weather was preventing vessels from berthing, a trade source with direct knowledge said.

From Reuters ● Feb. 7, 2023

The rising or working up of the planks of a ship's sides; as berthing up a bulk-head, or bringing up in general.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher