berth
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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
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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
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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
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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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