Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embarcaderos
Noun
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Check first at the ranger station to ensure tours are running to avoid a 15-mile trip from the ferry docks.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2026 -
The amphibious ready groups, including the Iwo Jima and two transport docks that travel with it, were scheduled to deploy to Europe when their orders diverted them to the Caribbean.—
Jamie Tarabay,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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All three boosters were expended, so no sonic boom landings.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
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Nick Goepper is in third place, and Birk Irving delivered strong landings in the second run that earned him the fourth-place spot.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Stay off of jetties, piers, rocks, and other waterside infrastructure.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Oc Register,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The wharves and warehouses along Pratt Street burned fiercely.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2026
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The infrastructure humans build in the water ‒ houses, piers, wharves, jetties, and even oil rigs ‒ create new habitats for juvenile jellyfish, called polyps, to attach and grow, Bologna said.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The parades are organized by elite and mysterious krewes that spend months preparing for the holiday, decorating their floats and selecting those who get to ride on them.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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The bigger problem would be that Americans would hate a world without work, where the jobless rate floats at 30 percent instead of 4 percent.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Wine is embedded in the city’s architecture, history and daily life, from grand 18th-century façades to the bustling quays of the Garonne.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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According to Vantor, the image shows the construction of a dry dock and new quays and piers at one of China’s most strategically important bases.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Sneaker waves can sweep across the shoreline without warning, pulling people into the sea from rocks, jetties and beaches.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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Stay off of jetties, piers, rocks, and other waterside infrastructure.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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To reshape the Mountain View pond and reinforce levees against sea-level rise and storm surges, crews imported 180,000 cubic yards of fill dirt from local construction sites.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2026
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The channel is meant to boost flood control and replace aging levees built in the wake of the 1949 flood.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Embarcaderos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embarcaderos. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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