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berth

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verb

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Recent Examples of berth
Noun
His brother, Travis, is dating Taylor Swift and is one game away from another Super Bowl berth with the Kansas City Chiefs. Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 Through the half century since their last Super Bowl berth, for those joining us late, the Chiefs were 5-17 in postseason games marked by soul-crushing losses often underscored with a certain slapstick flourish. Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
This is a major difference from just one month ago, The Business Standard said, when cargo ships could typically berth at the port within a day of arriving at the outer anchorage. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 The Yang Ming Mobility was berthed at Ningbo’s Beilun Phase 3 Terminal when a container exploded Friday, sending a vast plume of flames and smoke into the air. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 See all Example Sentences for berth 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for berth
Noun
  • Girma, after all, is widely viewed as the United States’ top defender and one of the country’s best young players regardless of position.
    Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The Phantoms are in a position to hire an attorney of Kessler’s caliber (and billing rate).
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In 2023, Amsterdam passed a proposal to prevent cruise ships from docking in the city center to avoid overcrowding, The New York Times reported.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Smaller cruise lines that regularly dock in Nice or anchor in the bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer including Sea Cloud Cruises, Windstar, and Atlas Ocean Voyages remain unaffected.
    Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In its second-quarter report, Nissan revealed intentions to slash 9,000 jobs and decrease its global production capacity by 20%.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The Roomba Combo Essential is easy to set up, works with an app and voice control, and does an amazing job on hardwood floors.
    Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Cruise ships currently moor in the caldera, and passengers are ferried by tender to Fira’s small old port, where a cable car whisks them up to the caldera-side capital Fira.
    Helen Iatrou, AFAR Media, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Upton was the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah, a battleship moored at Pearl Harbor when Japanese planes began bombing Hawaii.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • If the mayor of Nice, France, gets his way, the southern French city will ban large cruise ships from docking or anchoring in its waters — as soon as July 1.
    Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
  • That distance ladder needs to be anchored somehow, calibrated with a robust distance measurement to a galaxy or group of galaxies nearby.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Polk’s body was found floating in Salonica Bay; he had been tied up and shot in the back of the head.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The Chiefs defeated the Bills 32-29 in a game that was tied up in the fourth quarter.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Hundreds of flights were grounded on Friday at airports across Ireland and Britain.
    Claire Moses, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Happy Birthday for Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025: You are grounded.
    Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Berth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/berth. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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