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as in anchorage
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as in securing
to put securely in place or in a desired position
moored the boat to the dock
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Recent Examples of mooring
David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
Voters who flirt with a new party often come home to their traditional moorings in a campaign’s final weeks.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Over the past five years alone, people have been crushed, asphyxiated, struck by mooring lines, ensnared in equipment, fallen overboard or otherwise killed or injured on Synergy’s watch, USA TODAY found.
—USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Accessible by a small bridge connecting to the mainland near Wraysbury village, the secluded spread—officially known as the Magna Carter House—features a whopping four acres of lush mature gardens, roughly 1,300 feet of riverbank frontage, and a private boat mooring.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The law bans foam egg cartons, takeout containers, meat trays, coolers, ice chests, dock floats and mooring buoys.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
Voters who flirt with a new party often come home to their traditional moorings in a campaign’s final weeks.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Over the past five years alone, people have been crushed, asphyxiated, struck by mooring lines, ensnared in equipment, fallen overboard or otherwise killed or injured on Synergy’s watch, USA TODAY found.
—USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Accessible by a small bridge connecting to the mainland near Wraysbury village, the secluded spread—officially known as the Magna Carter House—features a whopping four acres of lush mature gardens, roughly 1,300 feet of riverbank frontage, and a private boat mooring.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mooring
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Beat the Panthers, who have just a 1% chance of a playoff berth, and their chances rise to 61%.Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
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The 30-year-old and now might find more money — and a more comfortable berth in a starting rotation — outside Los Angeles.Jon Paul Hoornstra, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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More than a dozen container vessels are currently waiting in the port anchorage area of Freeport, Everstream Analytics data shows.Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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Mina Rashid will be transformed into a luxurious waterfront residential community, and anchorage points will be expanded across the emirate.Dubai Tourism Contributor, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
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The company acknowledges its dependence on generating future profitable operations and securing additional financing to meet future obligations.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Scientific Industries acknowledges the need for additional capital resources to continue as a going concern and is exploring options for securing such resources.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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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
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The billionaire’s vast business empire spans airports, mining, ports, cement, and power generation.Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Target’s bottom line also took a supply chain hit, as the company got a head start on bringing in inventory ahead of the East Coast port strike last month.Evan Clark, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
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Airbus has established a strong presence by building contracts and landing agreements in Asia and Africa, therefore allowing Boeing to catch up.Jim Osman, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Roku last spring landing rights to weekly Major League Baseball games.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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Sheer curtains cover the windows, which look out on the building next door rather than the wharf itself, and the theme is much more timeless elegance than nautical transportation.Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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The three-story red-brick box with a little blue door was built in the 1860s as workforce housing by the Atlantic Dock Company, which once ran the wharf nearby.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
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The teenager, later identified as Victor Enrique Castaneda Jr., was reported missing around 6 p.m. last Saturday near a jetty close to South Pointe Drive in Miami Beach.Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 17 Nov. 2024
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In 1970, a $1 million jetty was specially built on this newly reclaimed ground to receive US military scrap and surplus equipment from the Vietnam War.Zining Mok, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Mooring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mooring. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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