jetty
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"I hope that more ships are added and the jetty too is expanded, which is in a bad state," said Usman, 15, who was also travelling from Chowra to his home at Car Nicobar.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Aerial footage showed the man being rushed to shore by boat where paramedics and police performed CPR at the Geordie Bay jetty, local media ABC reported.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
At the dimly lit town market, a few hundred metres from the jetty, the stalls are still well stocked with fish, shrimp and blue crabs.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
“He’s been out on that ocean, on that jetty thousands of times,” Vince said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025
That jetty was made of men, a long file of them, six or eight deep, standing up to their knees, their waists, their shoulders, stretching out for five hundred yards through the shallow waters.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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