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Native Americans more or less cohabited peaceably with the grizzlies, each usually giving the other wide berth, at a mid-19th century ratio of about 10,000 California grizzlies to 130,000 native Americans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

But giving this absolute unit a wide berth has become more challenging as his viral fame grows, because humans keep crowding Neil, getting dangerously close and perhaps forgetting that he is a wild animal.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Nonetheless Yale University Press has given the British historian Alec Ryrie a wide berth to write “The World’s Reformation,” a highly readable, sweeping and intrigue-filled story of Protestant missions among non-Europeans between 1560 and 1800.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

There has been conjecture over who will play in the central attacking berth for England after the emergence of Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers as a viable option in the position.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

And yet, for all its normal-ness, even the statues filling the Hall of the Gods seemed to lean away from the lamp, giving it a wide berth.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

The Premier League secured one of the two berths for 2026-27 after Arsenal won 1-0 at Sporting on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

Dominating a sandy stretch of Qatar’s northern coast, Ras Laffan is a sprawling industrial fortress of pipes, flare stacks and loading berths built around the world’s largest artificial harbor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

That in itself is not an unusual number, as ships routinely wait their turn to load or unload at port berths in the region.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026

Not everyone has to like the teams that earned Super Bowl berths and the states they call home, either.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026

Within a few minutes, Jason and Percy were sitting up in their berths and able to talk in complete sentences.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

While rain battered Manhattan during Memorial Day weekend, more than 1,400 people packed into the hangar deck of the USS Intrepid, a World War II aircraft carrier permanently berthed at Midtown Manhattan’s Pier 86.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Each “Book” occupies one side of a long bilateral vitrine, which commands the narrow gallery like a berthed aircraft carrier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

Port spokesperson Art Marroquin said the ship, the Mississippi, was berthed at Terminal G just before 9 a.m. when the containers mysteriously fell overboard into the water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

Beginning in 1903, it was berthed in Venice, if you can say “berthed” about a vessel that wasn’t a real ship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025

Tristran was given a berth with Oddness, the first mate, a quiet gentleman with large wings and a bad stammer, while Yvaine berthed in Meggot's cabin, and Meggot herself moved into a hammock.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

In Belgium and Japan there are ferries autonomously navigating between destinations, berthing and unberthing at each location.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024

While electrification at the berthing docks is already underway in Seattle, grant programs in the legislation will support further electrification and the transition from diesel-powered machinery, not just in Washington but around the country.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

Portland Port previously said providing berthing space for the barge was "the right thing to do".

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2023

Turkey's Ceyhan port was ready to resume Iraqi crude oil loadings from storage on Tuesday, but bad weather was preventing vessels from berthing, a trade source with direct knowledge said.

From Reuters ● Feb. 7, 2023

It was not Mac's luck to disembark immediately on berthing, for his squadron were detailed to clean up the ship after all the men and horses had gone ashore.

From The Tale of a Trooper by Clutha N. (Clutha Nantes) Mackenzie