moorings
Example Sentences
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Both vessels were lost on their moorings in the harbour.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 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
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
There were no streetlamps here and little foot traffic, nothing but the bright moon and the smallboats bumping against their moorings.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
