boatyard

Example Sentences

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A psychologist from Brazil who has been missing in Essex may have taken a boat from a boatyard, police investigating her disappearance have said.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

The yole was sold by the charity in 2019 but following her new owner's death, it was again abandoned – this time under tarpaulin at an Eyemouth boatyard.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025

In the relative isolation of Whidbey Island, where the cost of living is skyrocketing, jobs in the boatyard are at a premium for the community, he said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

The investigation determined that the fire began inside a building at the boatyard where a worker had been replacing a boat’s gas tank.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2022

The area was half-gentrified now, but it still held old corners and dark alleys, an abandoned burial ground and a church with an Italianate campanile standing guard over the boatyard and the chandlery.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman