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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

It has become expensive to find a shipyard slot available before 2030.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Now the Navy needs the shipyard along the Thames River to rev its engines back into high gear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

At a massive shipyard in North Vancouver, Canadian workers grind metal beams for a powerful new icebreaker crucial to cementing the country's presence in the increasingly contested Arctic.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

After that, we all headed to Riverside Hospital, which was located across the street from a shipyard.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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