berth
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They only clinched a berth to the knockout rounds after beating New Zealand in their third match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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
With a knockout-round berth already secure, U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino overhauls his lineup, but the changes didn’t work in a 3-2 loss to Turkey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
"The fans are just brutal here," said Guercio, who remembers a 2000s rough patch marked by six straight seasons without a playoff berth and the "dirt chanting" directed at coach Isiah Thomas.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
She was standing by his berth, smiling down at him.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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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
Port director Bethann Rooney said terminal lease extensions require that tenants increase a terminal’s capacity by modernizing chokepoints such as ship berths, container yards and truck gates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
The first two teams in the regular-season standings are guaranteed Southern Section playoff berths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
Now Fifth Harbor offered berths to mercher ships, as well as boats from all over the world carrying tourists and soldiers eager to see the sights and sample the pleasures of Ketterdam.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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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
Beginning in 1903, it was berthed in Venice, if you can say “berthed” about a vessel that wasn’t a real ship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
The beet-wagon driver had taken her where the fishing boats berthed, for those were the very first boats to leave Saint Petersburg each day.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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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
HM Coastguard said the salvage of Solong had progressed to enable its relocation to Aberdeen for safe berthing.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
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
The ship had berthing room for eight or ten people irrespective of the officers who slept aft.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
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