berth
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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
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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
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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
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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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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 14–18
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