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berth

[burth] / bɜrθ /




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And McDermott is keen for his side to stick to the blueprint that helped them thrash France 82-0 last weekend to keep slim prospects of a semi-final berth within their sights.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

After all, they effectively gave the Brewers a large loan during a fallow stretch of six consecutive seasons without a playoff berth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 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

New York Yankees: The return of staff ace Fried is huge for a team that has clinched a wild-card berth and remains a long step behind the Rays for a division title and first-round bye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

She would ignore him outright when they passed in the halls, and kept a wide berth, as though if she strayed into his path, their proximity alone might scald her.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Satellites can help identify ships at berths in the Gulf and then in areas beyond the strait where ship-to-ship transfers occur.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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 rode in a taxi down to the Palace Hotel, left the bags, arranged for berths on the Sud Express for the night, and went into the bar of the hotel for a cocktail.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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

Port spokesperson Art Marroquin said the ship, the Mississippi, was berthed at Terminal G just before 9 a.m. when the containers mysteriously fell overboard into the water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

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

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

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

Other rising costs faced by the lobster industry include berthing, insurance and maintenance.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025

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

Masts and funnels and deck erections, upstanding at varied rakes, emphasize the confused berthing and draw the eye to the condition of the mass of damaged shipping.

From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone


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