mooring
Example Sentences
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The Caspian Pipeline Consortium said the attack had caused significant damage to a mooring point.
From BBC
A major Russian oil terminal near the southern port of Novorossiysk halted operations early Saturday after a naval drone attack damaged one of its three mooring points.
From Barron's
Art Deco buildings in Mumbai were, and still often are, hidden in plain sight, with even their occupants often blissfully unaware of their cultural moorings.
From BBC
Saddam issued orders for the yacht, which he never boarded, to leave its mooring at Umm Qasr to Basra for safekeeping a few weeks after the invasion got underway on March 20, 2003.
From Reuters
Buoys resembling the one found in Japan are typically made of steel and are often used for mooring ships in harbors or at sea.
From New York Times
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