as in stevedore
one who loads and unloads ships at a port
dockers threatened to go on strike and shut down all shipping on the Thames
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Recent Examples of docker
The West Ham dockers were based in the Royal Docks while their Millwall counterparts were based in the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe.
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Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
By using the latest and greatest IT technology, a Kubernetes deployment running docker containers, Galaxy can scale comfortably to any customer’s particular needs.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Photos of equipment including a flour bench brush, a dough docker, and a kougelhopf mold can be found in the early pages.
—Sylvie Bigar, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Run the docker build command, which will create our image per a project-specific Dockerfile
And finally, push this new image to the container repository, where it can be later pulled down by ECS
Whew!
—Jason Marlin & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2023
Action by the Finnish port workers means Tesla vehicles or components destined to Swedish markets are not loaded by dockers, the union said in a statement.
—Sanne Wass, Fortune Europe, 7 Dec. 2023
Dishes not sanitized after washing, food debris on dough docker.
—Kunle Falayi, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2022
Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
By using the latest and greatest IT technology, a Kubernetes deployment running docker containers, Galaxy can scale comfortably to any customer’s particular needs.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Photos of equipment including a flour bench brush, a dough docker, and a kougelhopf mold can be found in the early pages.
—Sylvie Bigar, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Run the docker build command, which will create our image per a project-specific Dockerfile
And finally, push this new image to the container repository, where it can be later pulled down by ECS
Whew!
—Jason Marlin & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2023
Action by the Finnish port workers means Tesla vehicles or components destined to Swedish markets are not loaded by dockers, the union said in a statement.
—Sanne Wass, Fortune Europe, 7 Dec. 2023
Dishes not sanitized after washing, food debris on dough docker.
—Kunle Falayi, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for docker
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Docks depended on a circulating pool of male maritime workers—crews of seamen and stokers who manned the tramp steamers, gangs of longshoremen, and stevedores who loaded and unloaded goods, as well as artisans and machinists who maintained and repaired the ships and trains.—
Michael Denning,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Aug. 2015
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America dodged a sledgehammer on Thursday night, when striking stevedores reached a tentative agreement to return to work.—
Dan Primack,
Axios,
4 Oct. 2024
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All 41 members of the Maritime Alliance, a group that includes port operating companies and shipping lines, voted for the contract, which covers the roughly 25,000 longshoremen who move containers on the East and Gulf Coasts.—
Peter Eavis,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Tens of thousands of longshoremen could walk off the job from Maine to Texas next week if their union and management can’t resolve long-running contract issues.—
Taylor Giorno,
The Hill,
8 Jan. 2025
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Recent months have seen labor unions win significant concessions from employers, following high-profile strikes by Boeing factory workers, dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports, video game performers, and hotel and casino employees on the Las Vegas Strip.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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Labor unions have secured meaningful employer concessions in recent months following strikes by Boeing factory workers, dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports, video game performers, and hotel and casino workers on the Las Vegas Strip.—
Mead Gruver,
The Denver Post,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Docker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docker. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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