mooring
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The crews use mooring ropes to lash the ships as close as 11 feet from each other so that they roll in the waves together.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
A major Russian oil terminal near the southern port of Novorossiysk halted operations early Saturday after a naval drone attack damaged one of its three mooring points.
From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025
The ocean-going yellow sub - called Boaty McBoatyface - was being put through trials when its propeller snagged the mooring for the 1970s camera system.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025
Analysis of mooring observations and hydrographic data suggest the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation deep water limb in the North Atlantic has weakened.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024
No such thing, just a mooring warmth that spread between my fingers.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Vocabulary lists containing mooring
"Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Song of Solomon
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