moorings

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Their pop-historical account of the Constitution has been debunked from top to bottom by legitimate legal historians, who have refuted the rotten moorings of this bogus theory with devastating precision.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2025

The attack damaged one of the moorings at a Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal, whose shareholders include Russia and Kazakhstan as well as U.S. majors Chevron and Exxon Mobil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

In a way the rising take-up for these memberships reflects India's broader post-liberalisation growth story – when the country opened up to the world and discarded its socialist moorings.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

Meanwhile, boats all along the southwest shore were being swamped or ripped from their moorings and piling up on rocks or beaches, often crashing into other vessels.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2025

Then Mr. Lew saw' the old Plymouth trying to dock at the curb, scraping its hubcaps against its moorings before finally coming to rest.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole