anchored
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The boat was anchored off the African coast as the World Health Organization stepped in to investigate and passengers were slowly screened and sent home.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
The MV Hondius, carrying around 150 people, was anchored off Tenerife, the largest island in the archipelago near northwest Africa, Spain’s Health Ministry said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
The French citizens are among more than 90 tourists to be ferried home from the Dutch vessel on Sunday, which anchored off the Canary Islands before dawn.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
The team used instruments anchored to the seafloor that continuously measure pressure, temperature, density, and ocean currents.
From Science Daily • May 10, 2026
On other ships, lanterns burned; on one of them, anchored far down the river, the singing of another company continued for some time.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
