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marina

noun

Definition of marina

as in dock

an area of water where privately owned boats (such as yachts) are kept Most locals kept their boats docked at the marina.

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Recent Examples of marina At Everglades National Park’s south entrance, historic marinas and critical water systems have battled intense humidity, severe storms and decades of wear. — Lulu Vilas, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026 The 12-acre campus features 1,500 feet of private white-sand beaches, luxurious rooms and suites, a full-service spa, marina, rooftop and oceanfront pools, and two restaurants. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2026 Generations of Louisville residents have to come to know the area of the Ohio riverfront just east of downtown for its plentiful park land and boat marina, but the area was once an established neighborhood. — Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Aug. 2026 The test subjects were collected in Stockton, and a local marina there will be the first site to test zequanox on golden mussels in the wild this fall. — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for marina

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Its auto-empty dock holds weeks of debris without manual intervention, while intelligent carpet detection automatically lifts the mop pad to keep rugs dry.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Captain Dixon says thankfully things were much calmer on Monday compared to Sunday, when there were constant Mayday calls from a man overboard to a sinking vessel — even an explosion at a dock nearby as a boat was refueling.

— Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

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The big story This photograph taken on November 5, 2025 shows employees inspecting photovoltaic (PV) cells used in solar panels at an Adani Group factory in Gujarat’s port city of Mundra.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
Bluecore’s initial target is its hometown Port of Long Beach — the first American port to publicly back floating nuclear energy.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

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The market reminds visitors that just beyond the city’s harbor and highways, New England’s small towns and pastoral farms serve as the breadbasket for Boston’s growing farm-to-table movement.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
The governor’s office said the state was securing its harbors, deploying emergency personnel to strategic locations and monitoring dams for any possible breaches or overflows.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026

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