wharf
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In “Green Gets It,” a man nearing 70 falls off a party yacht and flounders to the wharf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
The authority, which manages the Vancouver port, said the expansion project would increase container capacity by about 50%, through a new land-mass and wharf structure covering 300 acres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
City hall, the slave market, and town pillory were all there, and the wharf on the East River “made it a rendezvous for pirates,” writes Sobol.
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
They also tried to resuscitate the boy as the boat made its way to an ambulance waiting by a wharf.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
We hit the wharf just as a tour boat was unloading.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
Later that decade, Avery befriended Rothko and then Gottlieb, and by 1932 all three were summering in Gloucester, spending their mornings sketching or painting the harbor, the wharfs, the sea, the beach and the bathers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
A major fire is still raging at the site and pictures show huge, billowing black clouds over the wharfs.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025
January’s onslaught was devastating for working waterfront communities in Maine where dozens of docks, buildings and wharfs were damaged or destroyed, said Patrick Keliher, commissioner of the state’s Department of Marine Resources.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Iconic wharfs, restaurants, sidewalks and roads collapsed under towering surf, while streets, parks, homes and shops were flooded by powerful waves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Frankie paid the farmer to take a detour through the wharfs, down a street lined with old but attractive gray-stone houses.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
The port, with the help of federal and provincial funds, is spending 609 million Canadian dollars dredging the river and building new wharves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
The pier was one of several public wharves and piers in the state actively undergoing structural integrity upgrades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2024
A neighborhood near the wharves is still known as the Irish Channel.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
“The waves came up under the wharves, picked them up and dropped them somewhere else,” Ms. Coombs said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Lyra sipped the milk and lifted a corner of the blind to watch the dark wharves move past.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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