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berth

[burth] / bɜrθ /




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This is their eighth playoff berth in the past nine years, a remarkable achievement considering all of their disadvantages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

But Ramsdale quickly fell behind Raya in the pecking order in 2023-24 and lost his starting berth after just four league games.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

They clinched a playoff berth for a record-tying 14th straight season and won the division title for the fifth time in a row.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

They can, of course, give a wide berth to controversial topics in their songs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

There were books in Spanish strewn across the berth, swollen and shapeless.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

The project includes the construction of marine berths able to accommodate vessels that can carry up to two million barrels-worth of oil.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Loading berths at the Fujairah tanker terminal were suspended, the port and marine management company Inchcape Shipping Services said in a note early Tuesday.

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

Port director Bethann Rooney said terminal lease extensions require that tenants increase a terminal’s capacity by modernizing chokepoints such as ship berths, container yards and truck gates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Stevedores and riggers by the hundreds strained against winches and loaded crates of rations and ammunition into the holds of the warships snugged into their berths.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

The vessel was searched and 329 people were removed on foot when it berthed at Ardrossan.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

The ship Mississippi was berthed at Terminal G when the containers mysteriously fell into the water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025

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

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

In previous evidence to the Commons' Welsh Affairs Committee Ian Davies confirmed that there were "berthing incidents" on 6 and 7 December which rendered both ferry terminals inoperable.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025

CalMac, which is also owned by the Scottish government, will now spend six-and-a-half weeks conducting crew familiarisation and harbour berthing trials.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024

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 freighter had anchored off the Manila port area during the night, berthing in the early hours.

From The Golden Skull by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin




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