dock
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He is a 2,000-pound Steller sea lion who swam up to a dock on Pier 39 a month ago and has decided to stay.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
The refinery is supplied by oil tankers that dock nearby in the port of Le Havre, France's biggest.
From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026
The South Korean shipbuilder could benefit from restarting a suspended domestic dock to build more higher-end vessels, such as very large ethane carriers or shuttle tankers, the analyst writes in a research note.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
That is the price a refinery actually pays when it needs crude delivered to its dock this week.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
A boy hopped over the side of the boat, pulling a rope he fastened around a wooden post at the makeshift dock.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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