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pier

noun as in support; place for boats

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It said strong gusts "pose a significant risk to safety" and appealed to the public to "exercise extreme caution, particularly along exposed cliffs, seafronts, piers and waterside paths".

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“Your criticizing the Secretary’s visit to the Pier is bizarre as she works to fix this issue for more than 1 million visitors that used to visit the pier,” McLaughlin added.

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The base at Yulin has five new piers which appear to have been constructed in the last five years.

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They are also found around river mouths, estuaries and manmade structures like piers and groynes.

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I drove her to the Santa Monica pier, where we strolled and talked through the night.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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