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The 722-footer was moved from the construction dock to the water for the first time, with tugs then guiding it along a set course to the outfitting dockyard.—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 June 2025 During our layover, a worker at the dockyard had told me of the attacks and the threat of starvation incapacitating the capital.—EW.com, 25 Apr. 2025 According to Plutarch, Caesar set fire to the enemy fleet, but the fire raged out of control from the nearby dockyards and swallowed the Great Library.—Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025 The rural setting is not just beautiful but bucolic to die for, with shots of Galicia’s coastline constantly present to counter darker scenes and contrast with Ferrol’s dockyards.—John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dockyard
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