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Recent Examples of pier
Hundreds of people stroll the thousand-meter-long pier on a sunny day.
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Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
From 2000 to 2022, Santa Rosa County, where Navarre Beach is located, accounted for 56% of fishing pier entanglements reported along Florida's Gulf Coast, according to a study by researchers at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
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Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
The north section of the destination now includes a pier that can accommodate two Carnival ships, a tram system, two food venues, six bars, cabanas, gift shops and more.
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Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2026
But Pacifica’s failure to properly maintain the pier for years contributed to its failure.
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Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
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Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
From 2000 to 2022, Santa Rosa County, where Navarre Beach is located, accounted for 56% of fishing pier entanglements reported along Florida's Gulf Coast, according to a study by researchers at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
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Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
The north section of the destination now includes a pier that can accommodate two Carnival ships, a tram system, two food venues, six bars, cabanas, gift shops and more.
—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2026
But Pacifica’s failure to properly maintain the pier for years contributed to its failure.
—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for pier
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pier
Noun
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The animal eventually crawled under a dock.
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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.
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.
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And then this pilaster rising up.
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The waterfront is especially striking, with its historic red wharf and peaceful view of Penn Cove.
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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.
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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.
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This delightful journey starts by passing through a decorative iron gate supported by stone pillars.
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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.
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Waiting at the quay were water taxis for hotel guests.
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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.
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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.
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The image of Brooking’s shot lodged in the stanchion, and Moore’s delighted commentary, have never left me.
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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.
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“Pier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pier. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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