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waterfront

[waw-ter-fruhnt, wot-er-] / ˈwɔ tərˌfrʌnt, ˈwɒt ər- /






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Inside a waterfront factory, workers in hairnets and blue overalls are sorting freshly caught cod and haddock, and machines process the fish into fillets, mostly bound for Europe.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Graham was meeting and greeting voters on a steamy Sunday afternoon at a waterfront venue in suburban Charleston.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

The 1.8-acre estate, which spans two adjacent parcels in the luxurious waterfront community, went into contract just one week after the agent began quietly marketing it.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

In Gilbert’s eyes, Detroit still lacks something that all great cities must have: a vibrant waterfront.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Docked at the North End waterfront, it was a fireboat, ready to spray tons of ocean water on the many fires that often took place on the wharfs that extended out into the harbor.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

"It sits above Roman waterfronts so that road effectively protects a whole massive swathe of wonderful archaeology - and that would be early Roman waterfronts, medieval buildings, everything," she says.

From BBC Jan. 18, 2026

Things are precarious all around for West Coast commercial fishermen, who worry about maintaining their working waterfronts.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2024

“In the next decade, New York’s waterfronts are going to look very different.”

From Seattle Times Jan. 5, 2024

Now, D.C.’s gaze has turned toward our waterfronts, including the Wharf, National Harbor and Washington Harbour in Georgetown, which are job creators and magnets for locals and tourists alike.

From Washington Post Mar. 18, 2022

As the nation baked under the unrelenting sun, and violence spread along the docks and waterfronts of the West, the national political dialogue also grew heated that summer.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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