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Recent Examples of pier
Local surfers, activists and lawyers monitor the 3,000-kilometer coast and sound the alarm when a pier is quietly extended, or construction debris is tipped into the ocean.
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Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025
In 2025, they were joined in Fiji by 4-year-old daughter Charlie and almost 2-year-old son Bud, who love creating drawings in mom’s office, hunting for hermit crabs on the beach and feeding fish from the pier.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Since Carlson’s death, the community and city have honored his legacy in many ways, including with a statue that stands looking out toward the water and dedicating the lifeguard headquarters at the pier in his name.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025
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Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025
In 2025, they were joined in Fiji by 4-year-old daughter Charlie and almost 2-year-old son Bud, who love creating drawings in mom’s office, hunting for hermit crabs on the beach and feeding fish from the pier.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Since Carlson’s death, the community and city have honored his legacy in many ways, including with a statue that stands looking out toward the water and dedicating the lifeguard headquarters at the pier in his name.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties, and other hazardous areas.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pier
Noun
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Initially, the source was thought to be in an area between the football stadium and the high school’s dock area, but the gas utility determined that the leak was somewhere within the building.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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Another clip captures Sheela and Alexander, a writer and artist, standing together in their wedding attire at the end of a dock.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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With pilasters, a limestone facade, and classic symmetrical design, the three-story building exemplifies the Beaux-Arts style popular at the turn of the 20th century, grand but not ostentatious.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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But entering via the Park Avenue lobby, with its walls and pilasters of Rockwood stone, still feels like a moment.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
25 July 2025
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As the water recedes, Leticia's cargo wharf has been extended several times to reach the river.—
John Otis,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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The infrastructure humans build in the water ‒ houses, piers, wharves, jetties, and even oil rigs ‒ create new habitats for juvenile jellyfish, called polyps, to attach and grow, Bologna said.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Authorities said the building’s foundation pillars gave way while construction workers were laying down concrete.—
Britt Clennett,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Votives and tealights are small and subtle accent options, while taper and pillar candles are often much larger.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Seaports will have nearby seabed dredged and quays constructed to accommodate naval and transport vessels.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Then, as evening falls, locals gather with ice cream cones on the quay and the town glows in the hush of a Bornholm sunset.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Mets are tied in the win column with the Cincinnati Reds.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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The views and opinions expressed in this column are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect those of USA TODAY.—
Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the middle of 25th St, a man opens a red stanchion and ushers us toward a guard who stamps invisible ink on our wrists.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Sep. 2025
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Boston’s bump sent her to the hardwood and into the stanchion.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
23 July 2025
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“Pier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pier. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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