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
The pier was one of several public wharves and piers in the state actively undergoing structural integrity upgrades.
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
"This will be upgrading the old international port in Honiara and two domestic wharves in the provinces," Qaqara said.
From Reuters • Mar. 22, 2023
However, the soldiers never carried them while loitering about alehouses and wharves, or the stables of the Afric Queen.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
