How to Use shipyard in a Sentence
shipyard
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The Black men went to work in the shipyard in ’43; the Black women went in ’44.
— Brittany Bracy, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 June 2021 -
The first woman to start up a new ship and take it out of a shipyard.
— Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024 -
The work will support thousands of jobs at the shipyard for many years to come.
— Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2022 -
With more than 140 crew members aboard, the USS Cheyenne docked at the shipyard.
— From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2021 -
The vessel was built at the Van der Graaf shipyard in Holland and launched back in 2000.
— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2022 -
Ships, to say nothing of shipyards, are not built overnight.
— Gil Barndollar, TIME, 12 Feb. 2024 -
Beyond the fields was the power plant and then the steelworks followed by the shipyard, the flour mill and the gasworks.
— Marc Myers, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022 -
Same goes with the Y-Wing that can be spotted in the shipyard where Cassian gets his rides.
— James Grebey, Time, 23 Sep. 2022 -
Ted Stevens is scheduled to be christened at the Pascagoula shipyard on Aug. 19.
— Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 15 Aug. 2023 -
The first of those new ships is set to be built at a loss-making shipyard that was sold last week to a rival.
— William Mauldin, WSJ, 19 Nov. 2022 -
Black shipyard workers flocked to the area for jobs during World War II.
— Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Nov. 2021 -
In Saint-Nazaire is the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard, established more than 160 years ago.
— Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2023 -
The terms are in line with a new deal agreed in August at one of the company’s biggest shipyards.
— WSJ, 23 Oct. 2023 -
Two ships that were being repaired in the shipyard were damaged, the ministry said.
— Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023 -
There was a shipyard at the northern end, and Butchertown was the southern frontier.
— Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Jan. 2022 -
The group did it in a shipyard at the end of Michigan Street along the lakefront, home to Discovery World today.
— Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2022 -
In 1988, a beautiful new Feadship yacht was built at the Dutch shipyard for Jim Moran.
— Kathleen Turner, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024 -
This was a baby that was actually born 18 months ago, and then had to be put back in the womb, in a shipyard.
— Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com, 6 Oct. 2021 -
The Dutch shipyard unveiled one of its most ambitious projects to date on the first day of the prestigious event.
— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2024 -
Jason is a welder and is working at a shipyard in Hamilton.
— Hazlitt, 7 June 2023 -
The firm launched its largest explorer to date last week at the shipyard in Antalya, Turkey.
— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 May 2022 -
News reports said that the heads of household at Perkins Homes were shipyard workers.
— Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 8 Jan. 2022 -
After three to four years of being built in the yard, the delivery is the last nail-biting part of the shipyard’s journey.
— Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 14 June 2021 -
The British shipyard just unveiled a new 80-foot model that will become the flagship of the fleet upon launch.
— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 May 2024 -
The job fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at the shipyard just across the river from downtown Mobile.
— al, 23 Jan. 2023 -
Three and a half years ago, Olsen and Oakman set up Matter in an old shipyard in Nexø harbor.
— Isabelle Kliger, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2023 -
The ship was launched with great fanfare on June 17 and has been in the final stages of construction at a Shanghai shipyard.
— Brad Lendon, CNN, 3 Jan. 2023 -
The sails will be assembled at a shipyard in China and mounted onto the ship by the summer of 2022.
— New York Times, 24 June 2021 -
The contracts will keep the shipyard busy with Navy construction work into 2027.
— Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2022 -
People who work in mines, mills, textile plants, shipyards, and any area with insulation are at risk of being exposed to asbestos.
— Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 14 Aug. 2024
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