berth

"Normally there's a queue, even out at sea, waiting for a berth."

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

They only clinched a berth to the knockout rounds after beating New Zealand in their third match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

But giving this absolute unit a wide berth has become more challenging as his viral fame grows, because humans keep crowding Neil, getting dangerously close and perhaps forgetting that he is a wild animal.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

He guided the team to a wild-card berth — the team’s last postseason appearance until 2004 — and became the full-time manager after the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

I give them wide berth and find my way to a seat in the back.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

The Premier League secured one of the two berths for 2026-27 after Arsenal won 1-0 at Sporting on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

Dominating a sandy stretch of Qatar’s northern coast, Ras Laffan is a sprawling industrial fortress of pipes, flare stacks and loading berths built around the world’s largest artificial harbor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

Five teams from the section have received berths in the highest division over the last 14 years, but none since Fairfax in 2018.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 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

Inside the three-masted sailing ship, their berths were tiny and cluttered with luggage and supplies.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

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

Beginning in 1903, it was berthed in Venice, if you can say “berthed” about a vessel that wasn’t a real ship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025

Then just after 10 p.m. on July 17, 1944, there was a massive explosion of munitions while the SS Quinault Victory and SS E. A. Bryan were berthed at the pier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024

Tristran was given a berth with Oddness, the first mate, a quiet gentleman with large wings and a bad stammer, while Yvaine berthed in Meggot's cabin, and Meggot herself moved into a hammock.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

In Belgium and Japan there are ferries autonomously navigating between destinations, berthing and unberthing at each location.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 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

Portland Port previously said berthing the migrant barge is the right thing to do.

From BBC ● Jul. 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 Belcher, Edward, Sir