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

He said boats started to break from their moorings, and “one by one they started crashing into shore.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025

Yacht moorings: During renovations, he spent time on one of his yachts anchored in the Potomac River and another penthouse apartment.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2024

All the other boats in Spinney Cove are sleeping at their moorings.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick