docks

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"When they were both down at the docks waiting on their sons coming back from the Yangtze incident, the newspaper had taken their photo," Bannister said.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The Nora docks at Kharg Island, Iran's main oil export and loading hub.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

“At that point, the docks were tainted as confiscated property,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the majority opinion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"What Havana Docks owned was only a property interest allowing it to use those docks for a specified time," Kagan said.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The docks were already crowded with sailors and fishermen preparing for the day.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis