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wharf

[hwawrf, wawrf] / ʰwɔrf, wɔrf /


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The plans include a large wharf with a staging area for the turbine components, plus a “wet storage” area for the assembled units in the water waiting to be towed away, among other elements.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

The Minerva Gloria is docked at a wharf in the Mississippi Sound, not far from the US's vast oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 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

The crew blow-torched the fasteners and released the cables that held the crane to the ship, while workers on land laid temporary rails across the wharf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Every morning in Mattru Jong we would go down to the wharf for news from home.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah




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