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wharves

[hwawrvz, wawrvz] / ʰwɔrvz, wɔrvz /


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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

Many of California’s wharves and piers are now centenarians.

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

New Zealand's Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said in a statement on Wednesday that building climate-resilient wharves and establishing reliable and regular shipping services would help the prosperity and wellbeing of the people of Vanuatu.

From Reuters • Nov. 23, 2022

Only once or twice in a summer—on days of unendurable heat, teachers dismissed school, masters closed shops, and the boys ran down to the wharves to swim.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes