berth
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They can, of course, give a wide berth to controversial topics in their songs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Dodgers clinch a playoff berth with their 4-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, reaching the postseason for a record-tying 14th consecutive year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
But they still have work to do to clinch a playoff berth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
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
“You try stepping on a rat the size of a golden retriever!” he said loudly, now giving a wide berth to the garbage bags.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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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
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
Over six seasons, he led the team to three playoff berths and was once named coach of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
There was storage space behind and below the berths.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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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
The shapes are type A56 corvettes of the Chinese navy - 1,500-tonne warships - and they have been berthed alongside a new, Chinese-built pier that is big enough to accommodate much larger vessels.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2024
The beet-wagon driver had taken her where the fishing boats berthed, for those were the very first boats to leave Saint Petersburg each day.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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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
Subject to berthing trials, MV Isle of Lewis could be redeployed to the Little Minch routes, freeing up MV Hebrides to be deployed to boost Arran services.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 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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