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jetty

[jet-ee] / ˈdʒɛt i /


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"I hope that more ships are added and the jetty too is expanded, which is in a bad state," said Usman, 15, who was also travelling from Chowra to his home at Car Nicobar.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

Aerial footage showed the man being rushed to shore by boat where paramedics and police performed CPR at the Geordie Bay jetty, local media ABC reported.

From BBC May 16, 2026

At the dimly lit town market, a few hundred metres from the jetty, the stalls are still well stocked with fish, shrimp and blue crabs.

From Barron's Mar. 18, 2026

Robert Smithson had bulldozed dirt and rocks to build a spiral jetty coiling out into Utah’s Great Salt Lake.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2025

A wooden jetty showed her she was right.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

"We are going to augment facilities -- either by reconstruction, or construction of new jetties," he said, underlining that his service's mandate is to "touch every island".

From Barron's May 18, 2026

Getting vital supplies into the islands was tough with jetties unserviceable.

From BBC Dec. 25, 2024

“Large waves can sweep across the beach without warning, pulling people into the sea from rocks, jetties and beaches,” the weather service said.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2024

Bangladesh also suspended loading and unloading in the country’s largest main seaport in Chittagong and moved more than a dozen ships from jetties to the deep sea as a precaution.

From Seattle Times May 26, 2024

When the waves are rolling in, my friends are the jetties.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

One of the ships lay at the little island of Onroost, which is piled and jettied all around, and contained a small and compact repairing yard for merchant vessels of all nations.

From The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth by Osler, Edward

A number of questions crowded to Gregory's mind, as they crossed the jettied inlet and headed down the coast.

From El Diablo by Groesbeck, Dan Sayre




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