docking
Example Sentences
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Pictures last week of the USS Abraham Lincoln docking in Thailand with a rusting hull after a gruelling nine months at sea in the Gulf were pounced on by Iran.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
It would not, however, comment to the BBC on the carrier docking at Pattaya, citing operational security.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Lore holds that the first docking contest arose from watermen debating their prowess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
If you can’t fit on the one waiting in the docking area when you deplane, you’re stuck lingering for ages—a half hour or more, in some cases—until the next one arrives.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
I dove for the docking station and in my rush accidentally smashed several of the buttons at the same time.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
