dock
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Wong sat in the courtroom dock as the charges were read out, before confirming his guilty plea.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
The prosecuting barrister, Nick Johnson KC, said Letby "tried to get out the back of the dock" when the doctor first came to the witness box.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
After a record 250 days at sea without a port stop, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is preparing to dock in Thailand, giving its nearly 5,000 crew members a much-needed break.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
During his $45 two-hour tours that embark from a dock at Schooner Landing, Holmes offers a steady patter of oyster-related wisecracks, as his partner, Olga Oros, shucks and hands out shellfish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The dock blew with cast-off bits of paper and water-slicked rubbish.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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