pier
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She was checking people in on the pier for a separate boat tour to Sazan on a replica galleon that advertises the opportunity to “be a pirate for a day.”
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
But when a delivery bot drives off a pier, or a humanoid faceplants while botching a dance move, people are seeing more than slapstick humor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
In Essex, people can watch the partial eclipse from Southend-on-Sea pier, Munnings Museum in Dedham hosts an event and Loughton Astronomical Society is holding another at Theydon Bois village green.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Broadcast partners will set up studios on the city’s iconic pier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
With only fourteen contestants and a long pier, there was no reason to fight over one spot or another.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
The 1982-83 winter season, which coincided with a very strong El Niño, was historically destructive for California’s coast, with storms wrecking the Santa Monica and Seal Beach piers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Shaking from a quake could damage wharves, piers, buildings and roadway above the seawall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Images on social media showed one of its supporting stone piers was leaning at an angle and part of the metalwork had twisted and fallen into the river.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025
Across the narrow strip of water, AFP could see the skyline of the Chinese city of Xiamen, the piers of China's unfinished Xiamen-Kinmen bridge and Xiamen's new international airport, due to open next year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
Under the piers it was very high tide and the waves splashed on rocks they had not reached in a long time.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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