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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2023
Also known as peat moss, sphagnum mosses carpet the ground in marshes, moors and peat bogs.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
Although a stump now pokes out where the imposing sycamore once dominated the undulating English moors, arboreal experts say the tree is very much alive and will probably regrow.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
Many of the microplastic particles found in Lake Tahoe were blue—the same color as ropes used to help moor boats, per the Chronicle.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2023
In any case, as far as we are concerned, large ships no longer moor in the city center of Amsterdam.
—Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 23 July 2023
The moors there are very old and ecologically valuable.
—Thomas Krumenacker, Scientific American, 9 June 2023
Female characters are rarely so memorable than Lady Macbeth and the three witches lurking on a Scottish moor to introduce this early tale, which might have led to the Columbo episode many years later.
—Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
Devon is a beautiful county with wild ghostly moors and two incredible coastlines.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2023
Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Oct. 2023
But perhaps the property’s most notable features are its panoramic coastline views and a massive private boat dock, the latter capable of mooring two 60-foot yachts.
—James McClain, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2023
The two vessels that moored in Chornomorsk — the bulk carrier Aroyat and the cargo vessel Resilient Africa — are expected to be loaded with about 22,000 tons of wheat that is destined for countries in Africa and Asia, Ukraine’s infrastructure minister, Oleksandr Kubrakov, said Saturday.
—Vivek Shankar, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2023
That means offshore wind farms in California must float on the water’s surface, tethered or moored by cables to the ocean floor.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
On Sunday, the first cargo vessels to arrive at a Ukrainian port since July, when Russia terminated a deal that had allowed Kyiv to export food crops across the Black Sea, were moored in Chornomorsk.
—Vivek Shankar, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2023
The bigger ones moor a few dozen meters offshore, passengers ferried to and from by a couple of teenage boys pushing row boats with long wooden poles.
—Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023
The Archipelago Foundation’s website is a good place to find cottages and cabins to rent, guest harbors to moor for the night, as well as hotels, hostels, camping sites, restaurants, shops and activities.
—Ingrid K. Williams, New York Times, 25 July 2023
Newcomer Deva Cassel made an appearance in an all-white skirt suit—much to the delight of her famous mother, Monica Bellucci, who cheered from her seat on a rowing boat moored alongside the catwalk.
—Alex Kessler, Glamour, 26 June 2023
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Word History
Noun (1)
Middle English mor, from Old English mōr; akin to Old High German muor moor
Verb
Middle English moren; akin to Middle Dutch meren, maren to tie, moor
Noun (2)
Middle English More, from Anglo-French, from Latin Maurus inhabitant of Mauretania
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Noun (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Moor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moor. Accessed 6 Dec. 2023.
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moor
1 of 3 nounmoor
2 of 3 verbNoun
Old English mōr "an area of open and wet wasteland"
Verb
Middle English moren "to fasten (a boat) in place"
Noun
Middle English More "Moor," from early French More (same meaning), from Latin Maurus "a person from Mauretania (a country in Africa)"
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