berth
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And McDermott is keen for his side to stick to the blueprint that helped them thrash France 82-0 last weekend to keep slim prospects of a semi-final berth within their sights.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
San Clemente is on the verge of a Southern Section Division 1 playoff berth but needs to win out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
After all, they effectively gave the Brewers a large loan during a fallow stretch of six consecutive seasons without a playoff berth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
But Ramsdale quickly fell behind Raya in the pecking order in 2023-24 and lost his starting berth after just four league games.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
They gave the watch-fire a wide berth, and wormed their way forward bit by bit, until they came to the edge of the river, gurgling away in the black shadows under its deep banks.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Hundreds of metres of berths sat empty and towering gantry cranes stood idle as a skeleton crew conducted maintenance.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The authority that manages the port said it remained fully operational "with all terminals and berths experiencing regular vessel arrivals and departures".
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Five teams from the section have received berths in the highest division over the last 14 years, but none since Fairfax in 2018.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 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
Two porters tried to shoo the birds out of the berths.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
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A wind turbine installation vessel called the Wind Orca collided with a container ship berthed at the Port of Tyne.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
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
The ship Mississippi was berthed at Terminal G when the containers mysteriously fell into the water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
The beet-wagon driver had taken her where the fishing boats berthed, for those were the very first boats to leave Saint Petersburg each day.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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Other rising costs faced by the lobster industry include berthing, insurance and maintenance.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
Davies also told the committee that "contacts" between ferries and the berthing terminals happen "all the time" and that the terminals are "designed" to take "low-speed contact".
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
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 berthing the migrant barge is the right thing to do.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
The ship had berthing room for eight or ten people irrespective of the officers who slept aft.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 14–18
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