berth
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This is their eighth playoff berth in the past nine years, a remarkable achievement considering all of their disadvantages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
But Ramsdale quickly fell behind Raya in the pecking order in 2023-24 and lost his starting berth after just four league games.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
They clinched a playoff berth for a record-tying 14th straight season and won the division title for the fifth time in a row.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
They can, of course, give a wide berth to controversial topics in their songs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Tristran was given a berth with Oddness, the first mate, a quiet gentleman with large wings and a bad stammer, while Yvaine berthed in Meggot's cabin, and Meggot herself moved into a hammock.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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Hundreds of metres of berths sat empty and towering gantry cranes stood idle as a skeleton crew conducted maintenance.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Loading berths at the Fujairah tanker terminal were suspended, the port and marine management company Inchcape Shipping Services said in a note early Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 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
Over six seasons, he led the team to three playoff berths and was once named coach of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
“I have secured four double berths in the sleeping car of the ten-fifty train bound for Washington,” she whispered tensely.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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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
Airbags and hydraulic equipment were used to release the victim on the vessel, which is berthed at the Port of Liverpool.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 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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The port closed terminal five on Friday after severe weather conditions caused a "berthing incident".
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 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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