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wharf

[hwawrf, wawrf] / ʰwɔrf, wɔrf /


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The Minerva Gloria is docked at a wharf in the Mississippi Sound, not far from the US's vast oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

City hall, the slave market, and town pillory were all there, and the wharf on the East River “made it a rendezvous for pirates,” writes Sobol.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

The crew blow-torched the fasteners and released the cables that held the crane to the ship, while workers on land laid temporary rails across the wharf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Along a rocky wharf at the Port of Los Angeles on Tuesday, seven blue steel structures bobbed in the gentle wake of a Catalina Island ferry.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

He stands there at the end of the wharf, big as his own bait shack, and watches until I’m out of sight.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick




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