Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moorings
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The school wanted to win, and Wade – with his seven NCAA tournament berths in eight seasons (discounting the Covid-19 season) offered the school the most direct route back to relevance.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026 -
Four playoff berths in four seasons, two straight NL East titles and an appearance in the 2022 World Series speak to Thomson’s success.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Brilliant blue waves meet a sensational crescent of white sand at Salt Whistle Bay, one of the most stunning anchorages in the southeastern Caribbean.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2026
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Sailing aboard a small ship with just 36 passengers, the voyage moves between islands and along remote coastlines, accessing sea caves, marine sanctuaries, and quiet anchorages that large cruise ships simply cannot reach.—
Paris Wilson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Dec. 2025
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Other YouClip attachments include organizer bags and clips, clothes hangers and mobile electronics docks.—
C.C. Weiss
March 24,
New Atlas,
24 Mar. 2026
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The outpost also has enough docks for up to eight spacecraft to be stationed at one time.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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Most of that oil is bound for ports in Asia, per Kpler data.—
Victor Ordonez,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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In turn, several Iranian ports have come under attack in Hormozgan province, the region that includes the Strait of Hormuz.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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After a ship crash in 1980 that killed 35 people, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge was replaced, and the ends of the old bridge were repurposed as the two Tampa Bay fishing piers.—
Carter Weinhofer,
Miami Herald,
23 Mar. 2026
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Climb to the top of Oak Island Lighthouse, and fish off one of two piers.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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The old caravan routes traced the shortest distance between oases, and the Memory Road does the same today, albeit on asphalt.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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When any of the more than 4,000 palm trees on property get older, and age out of their prime from a landscaping point of view, they can be relocated to one of three desert oases on the property.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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Its long jetties jutt into waters that are deep enough to accommodate oil supertankers, making the island a critical site for oil distribution.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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Rock jetties can be deadly in such conditions, stay off the rocks.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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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
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“Moorings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moorings. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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