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  • present participle of moor.
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mooring

[moor-ing] / ˈmʊər ɪŋ /


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UAE-based DP World has expressed interest in operating another facility, Chattogram's New Mooring Container Terminal, and port officials say contract negotiations continue.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

Mooring lines connect a vessel to a stationary point on the shore to prevent it from moving.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2023

“When everyone rushed out to get toilet paper and there was none ... people were using whatever they could,” said Pamela Mooring, spokeswoman for DC Water, the system in the nation’s capital.

From Fox News • Jun. 4, 2020

The marine supply company, DCL Mooring and Rigging, is lending a barge with an 80-foot crane.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2017

Mooring ropes are curled on either side of me.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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