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He was trapped—cursed, really—at the dockyard in Portsmouth, along the English Channel, struggling with feverish futility to get the Centurion fitted out and ready to sail.
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David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
The former Royal Navy dockyard has an extensive past and is now a museum and attraction.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 4 Nov. 2022
Mumbai, IndiaThree Indian Navy personnel were killed in an explosion on a ship at a naval dockyard in Mumbai on Tuesday, the navy said.
—Reuters, CNN, 19 Jan. 2022
But there's no doubt that its dockyard, which can be accessed via two separate openings on each side of the vessel, is its most eye-catching feature.
—Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN, 30 July 2021
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David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
The former Royal Navy dockyard has an extensive past and is now a museum and attraction.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 4 Nov. 2022
Mumbai, IndiaThree Indian Navy personnel were killed in an explosion on a ship at a naval dockyard in Mumbai on Tuesday, the navy said.
—Reuters, CNN, 19 Jan. 2022
But there's no doubt that its dockyard, which can be accessed via two separate openings on each side of the vessel, is its most eye-catching feature.
—Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN, 30 July 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dockyard
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The Kerch Bridge in Crimea and seemingly the Black Sea shipyard were targeted in a Ukrainian attack, which was foiled by Russia's Black Sea Fleet's Naval Aviation, multiple military bloggers and Moscow have reported.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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The problem is particularly acute in shipyards, which suffer from a shortage of engineers, electricians, pipefitters, shipfitters, and metalworkers.Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2024
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The focus on the river intensified with the vehicle drifting south from the marina, turning over and finally sinking, police said.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
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FaceTiming my parents at the edge of the marina, with just the gently rocking Coast Guard vessel keeping me company at the end of the dock.Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Dec. 2024
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Blue Harvest has charged captains and crew on its vessels for maintenance, electronics and wharfage fees, among other expenses.Will Sennott, ProPublica, 22 July 2022
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Stimpson said last year that cruising, before the pandemic halted the industry, attracted around $6 million in annual gross revenues from wharfage and parking alone.al, al, 25 Feb. 2022
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“Dockyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dockyard. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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