dry dock
Example Sentences
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The marine logistics group may take about three years instead of four years to deliver a S$198 million vessel, and its new dry dock operation could ramp up faster than anticipated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
California’s coastal salmon industry already is in dry dock.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025
HMS Unicorn, Scotland's oldest ship, has received a £796,000 grant toward the cost of moving it to a new dry dock.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025
It left its berth in Camden, New Jersey, en route to Philadelphia, where it was guided into dry dock to undergo two months of repairs that can only be completed out of water.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024
Mom finally put her foot down and insisted it was okay for me to quit, scuttling Stephen Kellner’s dreams of me playing professional soccer before they even made it out of dry dock.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
