berth
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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
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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
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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
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
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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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