moored
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It’s reminiscent of a question asked more than a century ago when a visitor noticed stockbrokers’ fine sailboats moored near Wall Street: “But where are the customers’ yachts?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Unveiling a plaque, he said: "My parents' canal journeys ended here in 2019, but they moored here for 20 years before that."
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Three days before the U.S. game in Seattle some 500 fans, most wearing the blue-and-white striped jerseys of Argentina, filed onto a 322-foot cargo barge moored in Elliott Bay to watch their team play Algeria.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
“Psychologically, I’m moored somewhere. This place is my anchor.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
There were all kinds of boats going up and down or moored offshore.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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