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
Mr Bane said he had woken up when he heard the anchor alarm - which rings if the boat is straying from its mooring - and realised that Sarm was no longer on the yacht.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
The mooring lines tethered to the ocean floor are made of rope nearly thick as a telephone pole and under heavy tension.
From Seattle Times • May 14, 2024
As the adults ushered the children inside, with everyone staring back and pointing, the ground crew clambered up the ladders in the mast and prepared to attach the mooring cables.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing mooring
"Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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