Examples of roadstead in a Sentence
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Container ships and oil tankers, waiting for a berth, are assigned a place to anchor in the roadstead off Long Beach and Huntington Harbor.
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Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
The Anzio roadstead was thick with Allied ships, but the Germans owned the skies.
—Bartle Bull, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020
Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
The Anzio roadstead was thick with Allied ships, but the Germans owned the skies.
—Bartle Bull, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020
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“Roadstead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadstead. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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