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Recent Examples of roadstead
Two light cruisers and the USS Utah lay off its starboard bow, and Battleship Row, the famed but vulnerable roadstead for the Navy’s mightiest, was on the other side of Ford Island.
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Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Container ships and oil tankers, waiting for a berth, are assigned a place to anchor in the roadstead off Long Beach and Huntington Harbor.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
The Anzio roadstead was thick with Allied ships, but the Germans owned the skies.
—Bartle Bull, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020
Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Container ships and oil tankers, waiting for a berth, are assigned a place to anchor in the roadstead off Long Beach and Huntington Harbor.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
The Anzio roadstead was thick with Allied ships, but the Germans owned the skies.
—Bartle Bull, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadstead
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The port is busier than usual this time of year, unloading hundreds of thousands of shipping containers from Asia each month.Scott Horsley, NPR, 15 Dec. 2024
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And much like the Gulf ports of today, opulent communities of global traders set up shop in Kabul, giving the city a cosmopolitan touch.David Chaffetz, Fortune Asia, 15 Dec. 2024
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In addition, there are no hotels and very few Airbnbs in the harbor, so the entire wedding weekend had the makings of a logistical headache.Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2024
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Bennelong looks onto the harbor and has some of the finest views of Sydney Harbour.Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024
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Already, communities across the bay are arming themselves with legal know-how: forming volunteer groups to monitor for ICE, connecting immigrants to lawyers, and preparing contingency plans in case of deportation.Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Add the broth, bouillon, thyme, sage, bay leaves, ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon black pepper and bring to a simmer, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan.Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024
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South Island The South Island is renowned for its spectacular natural scenery from the golden beaches of the Abel Tasman to the fiords and mountains in the Southern Alps.Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2024
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Inside the park, travelers can explore the 421-meter Doubtful Sound, New Zealand's deepest fiord, which is home to bottlenose dolphins, fur seals, and penguins, according to Tourism New Zealand.Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2022
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Then the pilots flew over the Río de la Plata, the wide estuary separating Argentina and Uruguay.Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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The estuary already has a long list of non-native species, including bass, water hyacinth, Asian clams and overbite clams.Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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In low tide, the reef seems to rise from the ocean, and suddenly, lagoons, inlets, waterfalls, and mangroves materialize.Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2024
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Traverse City — Sits on the shores of Grand Traverse Bay, an inlet of Lake Michigan.Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2024
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“Roadstead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadstead. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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