berthed

verb

past tense of berth
as in moored

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  1. moored
  2. docked
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  • The former head of the Damietta Port Authority, Major General Ayman Salah, told the AFP news agency on Wednesday that the regasification ship was moored next to the LNG tanker in the harbour.
    — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 29 July 2026
  • The International Maritime Organization says there are still roughly 6,000 seafarers and around 500 ships moored in the Persian Gulf behind the strait.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 July 2026
Definition of moored
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  • In 1975, as Cold War tensions thawed, an American commander and his Soviet counterpart clasped hands in space after their spacecraft docked.
    — Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026
  • Princess Cruises’ 4,300-guest Sun Princess, meanwhile, was docked at the pier.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 31 July 2026
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