docks
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After Orion docks with Blue Moon, Orion's software will control the combined spacecraft.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
A second decision revived a lawsuit against major cruise lines—including Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Norwegian and MSC—that used docks in Cuba that the government seized from an American company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
It's a sweltering summer's day and fishermen are unloading their catch on the docks.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Even cruise ship passengers who have used the docks may be considered “traffickers” of seized property under the 1996 law.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Groups of young men—mostly immigrants, a few blacks—roamed the docks, looking for jobs as cooks and sailors on ships, or work as stevedores loading and unloading goods on the docks.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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