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quay

[kee, kay, kway] / ki, keɪ, kweɪ /


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AFP journalists at Granadilla saw white tents erected along the quay and that the police, some in protective medical suits, had sealed off part of the small industrial port.

From Barron's ● May 10, 2026

Its rigorous order and deep perspective, enhanced by the receding lines of ship masts and rail tracks along the expansive quay, address his motif in a style apropos of its modern subject.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

The “Turenges” took a room in a hotel overlooking the harbor and discovered, to their surprise, an unguarded entrance that allowed them to observe the quay itself.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025

The terminal operator International Transportation Service plans to fill in a 19-acre area of water and extend the existing quay by 560 feet, which would allow larger ships to dock at the port.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025

Two more blocks and they’d be at the quay and freedom.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

By now the news of their arrival had reached the town, and the quays were lined with people cheering in amazement at the return of the Corps of Discovery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

On the stone quays of the Seine, even the most passionate odes to the river’s charms tend to arrive at the same conclusion: Nope.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024

Some half a million spectators are expected along city quays for the opening ceremony on the Seine River, and even more for the rest of the July 26-Aug.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

A regular techno event has a home in a Japanese izakaya on the river quays.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2023

The foot of the bridge was a half-sunken enemy galley with Dragonsbane painted on her prow, her bottom ripped out by one of the sunken hulks Tyrion had placed between the quays.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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