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Recent Examples of pier
People were urged to stay away from rocks, jetties and piers, and to never turn your back to the ocean.
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Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Both the pier and the nearby Chit Chat Café were closed down last week after officials discovered a structural crack that had widened, per the outlet.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
But Itani believes that the location of the nest, built closer to the pier and on slightly higher ground than last year’s nest, protected the four eggs from storm surge.
—Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
The streets lead to a pale-sand public beach with a fishing pier, a charming park, and glistening views of the delicate and pristine Gulf Islands.
—Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
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Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Both the pier and the nearby Chit Chat Café were closed down last week after officials discovered a structural crack that had widened, per the outlet.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
But Itani believes that the location of the nest, built closer to the pier and on slightly higher ground than last year’s nest, protected the four eggs from storm surge.
—Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
The streets lead to a pale-sand public beach with a fishing pier, a charming park, and glistening views of the delicate and pristine Gulf Islands.
—Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pier
Noun
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The animal eventually crawled under a dock.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
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Plus, its dock automatically empties the dustbin, washes and dries the mop pads, and can go up to 65 days between dustbin changes.—
Sheena Vasani,
The Verge,
23 June 2026
Noun
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Even now, its fins and pilasters adorn plenty of new construction, and in real-estate-speak, the phrase is code for high class.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
8 June 2026
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And then this pilaster rising up.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The waterfront is especially striking, with its historic red wharf and peaceful view of Penn Cove.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
20 June 2026
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The 200-acre terminal will feature two new berths and 3,000 linear feet of new wharf designed for larger next-generation container ships in natural deep water.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Personalized treatments are built around three pillars—energetic renewal, conscious longevity, and stress management—and integrated with the landscape and architecture of the property and the regional cuisine.—
Rachel Ingram,
Robb Report,
21 June 2026
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This delightful journey starts by passing through a decorative iron gate supported by stone pillars.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
Noun
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Ten 35-pound wreckfish — enormous silver deep-water dwellers that live down to 650 feet — are filleted and bagged on a large stainless-steel table on the quay.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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Waiting at the quay were water taxis for hotel guests.—
Vic O'Sullivan,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In a report made public on Monday, the National Institute of Standards and Technology concluded the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South was triggered in early June 2021 when two connections between garage columns and the condominium’s pool deck failed.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2026
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In this illustration for a gossip column printed sometime in 1831-2, the writer George Sand is on the protective, even chivalrous arm of a man, but she’s also dressed in men’s clothes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Noun
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There are stanchions blocking the view.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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For example, the deck stanchions had to be reinforced to withstand the moments from a 24 m-tall cylinder in heavy wind.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Pier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pier. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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