the docks

plural noun

: the area in a town or city that has rows of docks, offices, and other buildings
We went down to the docks to watch the ships come in.

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In 2018, using only a mesh net, a 13-year-old student standing on the docks of Tanabe Bay in eastern Japan captured dozens of tiny creatures no bigger than a pen tip floating just below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025 In Elia Kazan's still-explosive working-class morality play about a palooka-turned-longshoreman who stands up to union-boss corruption on the docks, Brando is both hypnotic and heartbreakingly human. EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025 After introducing viewers to the streets of Baltimore and the likes of Stringer Bell (Idris Elba) and Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris), the underrated second season shifted to the docks and a new set of faces. EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025 Toth is soon tossed out by his brother and ends up living at a shelter, shoveling coal at the docks for work. Anthony Paletta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the docks

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“The docks.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20docks. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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