moorings
Example Sentences
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In a second study area, where traditional chain moorings remained until 2023, the scars reduced by 65.4%, around 15.9 sq m a year.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
He has no moorings, no internal guidance and no empathy.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Their pop-historical account of the Constitution has been debunked from top to bottom by legitimate legal historians, who have refuted the rotten moorings of this bogus theory with devastating precision.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2025
The attack damaged one of the moorings at a Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal, whose shareholders include Russia and Kazakhstan as well as U.S. majors Chevron and Exxon Mobil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
The sea slapped and sucked at the pilings, and fishing-boats jogged at their moorings, and out at the end of the long pier burned a lamp.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
