docks

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"When they were both down at the docks waiting on their sons coming back from the Yangtze incident, the newspaper had taken their photo," Bannister said.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The Nora docks at Kharg Island, Iran's main oil export and loading hub.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Havana Docks says the cruise companies have illegally profited from docks and piers that Fidel Castro seized after the Cuban Revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"And that time-limited interest expired in 2004 -- more than a decade before the cruise lines ever used the docks."

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Set back on the land were pens for cattle, sheep and hogs; and around and about were sheds and houses belonging to the men who worked the docks and shipped the livestock.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier