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pier

noun as in support; place for boats

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This was how New Yorkers greeted Nikita Khrushchev as his ship docked at a Manhattan pier a month after Frank Powers’s trial in Moscow.

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Despite the yachts in Biscayne Bay, the park felt more like a secret neighborhood treasure than a see-and-be-seen South Beach stage, thanks to its dog run, fishing piers and a playground inspired by musical instruments.

Boats can dock at wharfs, quays and piers protected by the reef's natural lagoon.

This will include access to a new resort opening on the pier, which will allow players to decorate guest rooms and purchase new items at a souvenir shop.

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Look back and you see the beach, the pier and the hills of the central coast sprawling beyond them.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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