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sheerness

[sheer-nis] / ˈʃɪər nɪs /


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One of seven children, Mr Baldwin, who had celebrated his 100th birthday in November, grew up in Sheerness, Kent.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

Six men - including a security guard - were arrested after 100 officers swooped at Sheerness port in the early hours of Monday.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2021

One of those edges is Sheppey’s main town of Sheerness.

From Reuters • Mar. 26, 2021

The officer got better and took Talbor to see the English King Charles II, then visiting the port city of Sheerness.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2020

At Halifax and afterwards at Sheerness, as resident commissioner, he was employed till April 1804, when appointed rear admiral he hoisted his flag on the Gladiator, and the following month was created a baronet.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.