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berth

[burth] / bɜrθ /




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Containers, in 20-foot-equivalent units, waiting to berth at ports worldwide—a new all-time congestion high—mainly because of storms in East Asia disrupting schedules, according to Linerlytica.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

We’ve all fallen for the blond forward who has rowed Norway to its first World Cup quarterfinal berth — and also for SoFi Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

But giving this absolute unit a wide berth has become more challenging as his viral fame grows, because humans keep crowding Neil, getting dangerously close and perhaps forgetting that he is a wild animal.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

There has been conjecture over who will play in the central attacking berth for England after the emergence of Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers as a viable option in the position.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Others give me a wide berth, look at me with narrowed, suspicious eyes.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

Rigs are standing still, while oil-loading berths along the Persian Gulf are empty.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

The Premier League secured one of the two berths for 2026-27 after Arsenal won 1-0 at Sporting on Tuesday.

From BBC Apr. 8, 2026

That in itself is not an unusual number, as ships routinely wait their turn to load or unload at port berths in the region.

From MarketWatch Mar. 6, 2026

The first two teams in the regular-season standings are guaranteed Southern Section playoff berths.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2026

Our berths couldn’t be made up, and no one in the same car with us got much sleep.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

While rain battered Manhattan during Memorial Day weekend, more than 1,400 people packed into the hangar deck of the USS Intrepid, a World War II aircraft carrier permanently berthed at Midtown Manhattan’s Pier 86.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

Each “Book” occupies one side of a long bilateral vitrine, which commands the narrow gallery like a berthed aircraft carrier.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

The ship Mississippi was berthed at Terminal G when the containers mysteriously fell into the water.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2025

Bright Spark: "Side-on view of the Vital Spark berthed in Inveraray", says Bryan Wark.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2024

Their skiffs were berthed next to each other at a place called Ted’s Marina.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

One of Britain's busiest ports has closed one of its terminals following a "berthing incident" caused by severe weather conditions.

From BBC Dec. 6, 2025

In Belgium and Japan there are ferries autonomously navigating between destinations, berthing and unberthing at each location.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2024

While electrification at the berthing docks is already underway in Seattle, grant programs in the legislation will support further electrification and the transition from diesel-powered machinery, not just in Washington but around the country.

From Seattle Times Aug. 14, 2023

Turkey's Ceyhan port was ready to resume Iraqi crude oil loadings from storage on Tuesday, but bad weather was preventing vessels from berthing, a trade source with direct knowledge said.

From Reuters Feb. 7, 2023

Here the water, which was not more than six or eight feet wide, and shallow, formed the berthing place of a good-sized canoe that lay there.

From Allan and the Holy Flower by Henry Rider Haggard




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