jetty
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A queue of traders and families waited in line at the jetty.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Some residents believe the exposed material is part of an old groin that was built long before it expanded into a jetty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Much of the erosion has occurred near the west jetty where the popular surfing spot the Wedge is located.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
"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
On the shore, lorries were being lined up and lashed together to form a makeshift jetty.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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"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
"Stay off jetties, piers, and other waterside infrastructure," the National Weather Service warned in a release on Thursday.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024
The only way to get to the islands was by ferries but, as we later learnt, an estimated 94% of the jetties in the region were damaged.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 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
There was an ancient wooden meeting hall there with a huddle of permanent dwellings around it, and wharves and jetties and an eelmarket.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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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 Edward Osler
A number of questions crowded to Gregory's mind, as they crossed the jettied inlet and headed down the coast.
From El Diablo by Dan Sayre Groesbeck
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