berth
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Since Straus was sacked in mid-June, however, the team has lost just once in eight matches under interim coach Leif Gunnar Smerud, pulling to within one spot and three points of a playoff berth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Normally there's a queue, even out at sea, waiting for a berth."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
But giving this absolute unit a wide berth has become more challenging as his viral fame grows, because humans keep crowding Neil, getting dangerously close and perhaps forgetting that he is a wild animal.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Aside from defined doctrine such as the creed or the evil of abortion, there is a wide berth for opinion on social issues—labor, immigration and war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Harry thought he recognized a Snargaluff and gave the wizened stump a wide berth.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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Satellites can help identify ships at berths in the Gulf and then in areas beyond the strait where ship-to-ship transfers occur.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Hundreds of metres of berths sat empty and towering gantry cranes stood idle as a skeleton crew conducted maintenance.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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
The first two teams in the regular-season standings are guaranteed Southern Section playoff berths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 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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The vessel was searched and 329 people were removed on foot when it berthed at Ardrossan.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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
Beginning in 1903, it was berthed in Venice, if you can say “berthed” about a vessel that wasn’t a real ship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
Tristran was given a berth with Oddness, the first mate, a quiet gentleman with large wings and a bad stammer, while Yvaine berthed in Meggot's cabin, and Meggot herself moved into a hammock.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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HM Coastguard said the salvage of Solong had progressed to enable its relocation to Aberdeen for safe berthing.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
Giving evidence to a Senedd committee on Thursday, Ian Davies from Stena Line ports said the damage was caused by two ferries making "contact" with one of the berthing terminals.
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
Turkey's Ceyhan port was ready to resume Iraqi crude oil loadings from storage on Tuesday, but bad weather was preventing vessels from berthing, a trade source with direct knowledge said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 7, 2023
The berthing made to fit into a vessel's gangway on either side.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 14–18
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