Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moorings
Noun
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The curtained berths will be available to economy and premium economy fliers on the airline's new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft from November.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026 -
Already, their four playoff berths since 2020 are the most in any six-year period since the team was founded in 1969.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As for Mitan, the yacht will now spend seven to eight months cruising south towards Mexico, calling at multiple anchorages along the way.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 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
Noun
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Along Beach Street in the Bayview Beach subdivision, where homes line a narrow channel off the river, docks and boats have been flooded over.—
Christiana Freitag,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Guests can fish or crab off the hotel's docks or have a picnic on the lawn.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Currently, there are two major cruise ports serving New York City as well as one in Baltimore.—
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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Tasnim said there would be no talks while the US continues to impose a maritime blockade on Iranian ports.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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What thrilled Peter about the piers was the feeling of someone’s eyes on the back of the head, that unwashed smell.—
Andrew Durbin,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
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But in 1982-83, when another super El Niño occurred, storms destroyed multiple piers and ripped away a 400-foot section of the Santa Monica Pier.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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These deep-set oases, locally called wadis, once stretched for miles across the desert, remembers Issa Ousmane Tcharaba, the chief of Barkadroussou, a cluster of 14 villages that depend on a lush oasis surrounding a striking blue lake.—
Julie Bourdin,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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Cholla gardens and brittlebush rise from pale alluvial slopes, and a seasonal stream leads to one of California’s few native fan palm oases.—
Josh Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Strong longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties and other hazardous areas.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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The port’s jetties are running well below their former capacity, with volumes halved by the war, according to port director Mohammed Tahir Fadhil.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 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 23 Apr. 2026.
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