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 state’s first wharves were built in the 1800s, and tended to be modest, private endeavors meant to facilitate shipping minerals and metals such as silver and asphaltum up and down the coast.
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 United States last month pledged to build more undersea telecommunications cables and wharves in the region, as it seeks to compete with China's influence after that country's decade of infrastructure lending.
From Reuters • Nov. 6, 2023
At first it was the men of the ships and wharves that were thrown out of work and could not get food for their families.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
