How to Use berg in a Sentence
berg
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If the berg gets too small, the NIC can no longer track it.
— Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 9 June 2018 -
The tasting room is the tip of the ice berg of changes the Jonses have recently made.
— San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2018 -
To preserve their piece of the berg, the museum chose to dry it rather than freeze or pickle it.
— Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 13 Feb. 2018 -
The bergs are back-lit, our sun a prism, radiating light.
— Elizabeth Rush, National Geographic, 12 Mar. 2019 -
First Officer William Murdoch attempted to turn the ship to swing it past the berg.
— Jackie Loohauis-Bennett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2017 -
The bergs blocked the normal flow and formation of sea ice and messed with the ocean’s primary production of food.
— Nadia Drake, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2014 -
Medium bergs can be as big as a large ferry, while a very large berg is the size of several skyscrapers.
— Frank Jordans, The Seattle Times, 26 July 2017 -
There are no major research bases or centers on the piece that's about to break away, unlike on the berg that split from Antarctica in 2015, according to ESA.
— Zoha Qamar, CNN, 6 July 2017 -
Typically, to tow an iceberg a special towing vessel will surround the ‘berg with a towing rope.
— Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2018 -
The calving is not directly linked to climate change, experts say; bergs break away naturally.
— Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2018 -
Getting a berg from Antarctica to Cape Town will also involve catching a ride on different ocean currents.
— Steve Mollman, Quartz, 8 June 2019
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