dry dock
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After a brief stay in a corporate dry dock, the pirate ship returned to the high seas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
German investigators trying to establish who sabotaged Nord Stream discovered the Andromeda in dry dock on the island of Rügen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
A surprise announcement was £20m to "renew infrastructure" at Inchgreen - a huge dry dock in Greenock which has been barely used for more than a decade.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
Uranga said the next step is to lift the boat, which sank after the fire, and tow it to dry dock where a more thorough investigation can be undertaken.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
The boat is in dry dock & the hole is above the waterline.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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