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quay

[kee, key, kwey] / ki, keɪ, kweɪ /


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At the port of Granadilla de Abona early Sunday morning, AFP journalists saw white tents had been sent up along the quay and the police had secured part of the port.

From Barron's May 10, 2026

Its rigorous order and deep perspective, enhanced by the receding lines of ship masts and rail tracks along the expansive quay, address his motif in a style apropos of its modern subject.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 28, 2026

The “Turenges” took a room in a hotel overlooking the harbor and discovered, to their surprise, an unguarded entrance that allowed them to observe the quay itself.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2025

The terminal operator International Transportation Service plans to fill in a 19-acre area of water and extend the existing quay by 560 feet, which would allow larger ships to dock at the port.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2025

They cross the quay and climb to a matching headland across the mouth of a river from the old city.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Boats can dock at wharfs, quays and piers protected by the reef's natural lagoon.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 3, 2025

On the stone quays of the Seine, even the most passionate odes to the river’s charms tend to arrive at the same conclusion: Nope.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2024

As of now, there has been no set date on when the booksellers should leave the quays.

From Seattle Times Aug. 25, 2023

The company employed lightermen - workers who used flat-bottomed barges to move goods between ships and quays - and they would pull up to collect their wages from 41 Rotherhithe Street.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2023

As his body was lowered, the rebels on the quays who smoked and watched applauded.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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