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synonyms for docking

  • anticipated
  • expected
  • forthcoming
  • impending
  • subsequent
  • advancing
  • aspiring
  • close
  • converging
  • deserving
  • due
  • fated
  • foreseen
  • future
  • instant
  • marked
  • near
  • nearing
  • oncoming
  • ordained
  • predestined
  • preparing
  • progressing
  • pursuing
  • about to happen
  • almost on one
  • at hand
  • certain
  • drawing near
  • en route
  • eventual
  • gaining upon
  • getting near
  • immediate
  • imminent
  • in prospect
  • in store
  • in the offing
  • in the wind
  • in view
  • next
  • nigh
  • prospective
  • running after
  • to-be
  • up-and-coming

antonyms for docking

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  • distant
  • away
  • far
  • gone
  • past
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How to use docking in a sentence

In Georgia this past month, citizens gave chase to trucks and staked out loading docks looking for suspicious boxes that surely contained fraudulent absentee ballots.
A KRAKEN IS LOOSE IN AMERICADAN ZAKDECEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON POST
It can be done from anchored boats, but docks and jetties where the tide flows near deep water can offer great results.
14 WILD EDIBLES YOU CAN PULL RIGHT OUT OF THE OCEANBY BOB MCNALLY/FIELD & STREAMOCTOBER 19, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
I decided to join in the fun by hauling out an 8-foot cast net from my boat that was hovering on a dock lift.
14 WILD EDIBLES YOU CAN PULL RIGHT OUT OF THE OCEANBY BOB MCNALLY/FIELD & STREAMOCTOBER 19, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
Not every year is a great one off our dock, but they occur frequently enough that I've tapped some of the best shrimp cast-netters in the area to learn some of their tricks.
14 WILD EDIBLES YOU CAN PULL RIGHT OUT OF THE OCEANBY BOB MCNALLY/FIELD & STREAMOCTOBER 19, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
I quickly hauled on the net line, pulled it to the dock with all my strength, and dumped its contents onto the boards.
14 WILD EDIBLES YOU CAN PULL RIGHT OUT OF THE OCEANBY BOB MCNALLY/FIELD & STREAMOCTOBER 19, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
The same happens with the dock at the bottom of the display, and apps will appear on the same screen you used to launch them.
MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR DUAL OR ULTRAWIDE MONITOR SETUPDAVID NIELDOCTOBER 1, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
The others of the staff were already out in the docking lock in the rim, waiting to greet the replacements from the ferry.
THE STARS, MY BROTHERSEDMOND HAMILTON
There would seem to have been no serious difficulty in docking the vessel and landing the passengers.
MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY, 1835-1910, COMPLETEALBERT BIGELOW PAINE
The captain was quite sure Winter Island had grown larger—perhaps it had, by docking out.
A LITTLE GIRL IN OLD SALEMAMANDA MINNIE DOUGLAS
For the Japanese are much given to docking their phrases, a custom the Germans might do well to adopt.
THE SOUL OF THE FAR EASTPERCIVAL LOWELL
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