Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moorings
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During his tenure, the university captured multiple CIAA titles, including six straight in women’s bowling, three consecutive in football and softball, and one in men’s basketball, and women’s basketball earned berths in three consecutive NCAA Division II tournaments in 2018, 2019 and 2020.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Feb. 2026 -
In a contest being billed as the battle for first place, the Atlanta Drive GC (2-1) and Boston Common Golf (2-1) both have an opportunity to secure SoFi Cup playoff berths.—
Keith Stewart,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 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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The beach clubs and anchorages rival those of the western Mediterranean—but without the same summer crush of crowds.—
Geoffrey Ravoire,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Nov. 2025
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Their four properties have 450 boat slips combined with four gas docks, washrooms and showers, plus picnic spots for vacation getaways or weekend fun.—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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Its docks and alleys, its free Black communities and slave markets, its churches and street corners — this was the laboratory of his conscience.—
Jack Hill,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Feb. 2026
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Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd were among those that suspended shipping through the chokepoint, which is known for being a major trade artery for oil and natural gas, likely causing delays for services calling ports in the Persian Gulf.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Mar. 2026
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Those include the East-West Pipeline, also known as Petroline, a nearly 750-mile-long pipeline in Saudi Arabia that delivers oil to ports on the Red Sea.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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It was likely built on limestone piers, with a tall roof and grand porches.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 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
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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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In the years following, a handful of new parks — most notably, Klyde Warren — created attractive oases within and adjacent to the downtown core.—
Mark Lamster
Architecture Critic,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Kharg Island has numerous loading berths, jetties, remote mooring points and tens of millions of barrels of crude storage capacity.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Feb. 2026
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There’s long been such a system in place at the Santa Ana River, with sand taken out and moved to fill in between the jetties in Newport Beach.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 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 4 Mar. 2026.
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