wharves
Example Sentences
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The port, with the help of federal and provincial funds, is spending 609 million Canadian dollars dredging the river and building new wharves.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025
Many of California’s wharves and piers are now centenarians.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2024
A neighborhood near the wharves is still known as the Irish Channel.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024
“The waves came up under the wharves, picked them up and dropped them somewhere else,” Ms. Coombs said.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024
Lyra sipped the milk and lifted a corner of the blind to watch the dark wharves move past.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
