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

Yacht moorings: During renovations, he spent time on one of his yachts anchored in the Potomac River and another penthouse apartment.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2024

There were no streetlamps here and little foot traffic, nothing but the bright moon and the smallboats bumping against their moorings.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo