floating dock
noun
: a dock that floats on the water and can be partly submerged to permit entry of a ship and raised to keep the ship high and dry
called also floating drydock
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The floating dock is expected to be nearly the size of a football field -- about 97 feet wide and 270 feet long -- stationed about three miles offshore.
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Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Over the next few weeks, the United States is planning to build a floating dock off Gaza’s shores that the White House has said could eventually help deliver as many as two million meals in Gaza each day.
—David Segal, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
The concerns are the latest wrinkle in the White House push to get aid to the enclave’s hungry population via a floating dock.
—Carol E. Lee, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2024
The nine-acre compound holds one primary home and two guest houses; altogether there are 20 bedrooms, 20 bathrooms (and four half bathrooms), a 231-foot yacht basin, a 111-foot floating dock—and, can’t neglect to mention, 1,655 feet of waterfront.
—Byalena Botros, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2024
The property features a three-bedroom beach house, in-ground pool, helicopter pad, and a floating dock and boat ramp.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
All but one of the girls made it off the floating dock and onto the shore.
—Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
For those without boats, Lighthouse Point already has a floating dock bar, Drift Bar, that’s open for the season.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2023
Set within 26 acres of land, the 20,000 sq. ft. property sits on the Oyster Bay Harbor and the sprawling estate also features a three-bedroom beach house, inground pool, helicopter pad and a floating dock and boat ramp for those who love getting out on the water.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2024
Over the next few weeks, the United States is planning to build a floating dock off Gaza’s shores that the White House has said could eventually help deliver as many as two million meals in Gaza each day.
—David Segal, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
The concerns are the latest wrinkle in the White House push to get aid to the enclave’s hungry population via a floating dock.
—Carol E. Lee, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2024
The nine-acre compound holds one primary home and two guest houses; altogether there are 20 bedrooms, 20 bathrooms (and four half bathrooms), a 231-foot yacht basin, a 111-foot floating dock—and, can’t neglect to mention, 1,655 feet of waterfront.
—Byalena Botros, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2024
The property features a three-bedroom beach house, in-ground pool, helicopter pad, and a floating dock and boat ramp.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
All but one of the girls made it off the floating dock and onto the shore.
—Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
For those without boats, Lighthouse Point already has a floating dock bar, Drift Bar, that’s open for the season.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2023
Set within 26 acres of land, the 20,000 sq. ft. property sits on the Oyster Bay Harbor and the sprawling estate also features a three-bedroom beach house, inground pool, helicopter pad and a floating dock and boat ramp for those who love getting out on the water.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
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