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berth

[burth] / bɜrθ /




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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

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

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

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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