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shipyard

[ship-yahrd] / ˈʃɪpˌyɑrd /
NOUN
dry dock
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GMB Scotland general secretary Louise Gilmour said: "It beggars belief that a Scottish public body would bar a publicly-owned Scottish shipyard from even bidding to build a Scottish ferry."

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

However, all segments are competing for shipyard space.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The Civil War was won not only on the battlefield but in the factory, the shipyard and the mine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Titanic - along with her sister ships Olympic and Britannic - was designed at the drawing office of the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, which is now a hotel.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The first great strike of 1919 began on January 21, when thirty-five thousand Seattle, Washington, shipyard workers walked off their jobs, demanding higher wages and shorter working hours.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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