prow
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A shoulder bag with a disposable diaper, baby bottle and infant shoes sits on one prow alongside tins of anchovies and tuna from Tunisia and many plastic sandals.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024
Whenever the beach goes underwater and the waves move in, this corner building looks like the prow of a ship lost at sea.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023
Roman trumpet with the rattle of the sistrum, chased the Liburnian prow with a poled barge, spread her foul mosquito nets over the Tarpeian Rock, and gave judgements among Marius’ weapons and statues.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
From the wave-lashed basalt columns of the Giant’s Causeway to the jutting prow of the Titanic museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland is restyling itself as a tourist destination, famous for attractions other than the Troubles.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2023
Always he watched ahead, though his eyes in the moonless night could see no more than the painted eyes aside the boat’s blind prow.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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