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Recent Examples of wharf
To fund the wharf’s redevelopment, AltaSea received $29 million from the state, Port of Los Angeles and private donors.
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Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2024
Local residents and business owners say visitors ask every day when the wharf will reopen.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
Throughout history, shipworms — stringy mollusks that bore into wood — have wreaked havoc on the world’s navies, causing once-seaworthy ships to capsize and even destroying San Francisco’s wharves a century ago.
—Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 16 June 2024
Plans call for building a 3,000-foot wharf along the length of the shore with eight ship-to-shore cranes that could berth two ultra-large container vessels, said Tom Caso, Tradepoint’s vice president of development, in a presentation to Permitting Council representatives.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2024
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Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2024
Local residents and business owners say visitors ask every day when the wharf will reopen.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
Throughout history, shipworms — stringy mollusks that bore into wood — have wreaked havoc on the world’s navies, causing once-seaworthy ships to capsize and even destroying San Francisco’s wharves a century ago.
—Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 16 June 2024
Plans call for building a 3,000-foot wharf along the length of the shore with eight ship-to-shore cranes that could berth two ultra-large container vessels, said Tom Caso, Tradepoint’s vice president of development, in a presentation to Permitting Council representatives.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wharf
Noun
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We were led down to the heated bunkroom, and the lifeboat turned and pounded through the wild seas to the quiet water inside the bar and tied up at a dock.Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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On the Fourth of July 1906, he was found under a pile of lumber at the Alder Street dock.Meira Gebel, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Ordinarily, ships are secured to piers via thick ropes known as mooring lines or hawsers.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 20 Nov. 2024
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The Biden administration had sought to create a temporary pier to facilitate bringing aid into Gaza.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 5 Nov. 2024
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The welcome also included a cannon salute and music by Sweden’s Royal Guards, lined up on the quay at the foot of the Swedish royal palace.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
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Eighteen bedrooms are traditional, many with crown canopies and chintz, and some with spectacular harbor views over the tidal quay.Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Wharf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wharf. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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