moorings

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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

Authorities said the port and a fish processing facility had been flooded, and vessels had been swept from their moorings.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025

Meanwhile, boats all along the southwest shore were being swamped or ripped from their moorings and piling up on rocks or beaches, often crashing into other vessels.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2025

Her drakon-bone blade cut through the left-side moorings in a single swipe.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan