anchorage
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“Whenever the situation escalates, they reiterate the warning,” said a seafarer surnamed Wang whose vessel—carrying liquefied natural gas—has been stuck at an anchorage northwest of Dubai for four weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The prefecture said nautical and air exclusion zones had been established around the anchorage site.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
A week after the tempest, the anchorage of the Acapulco Yacht Club still looked like it had suffered intense bombardment.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2023
BW Lesmes was successfully re-floated at 03:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday and would undergo further inspections at Suez anchorage.
From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2023
A pilot came aboard, sternly ordered all men out of the chains—no sounding of the harbor was allowed—and conducted them to their anchorage.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
Vocabulary lists containing anchorage
Civil Engineering
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Engineering - High School
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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