roadstead

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Recent Examples of roadstead Two light cruisers and the USS Utah lay off its starboard bow, and Battleship Row, the famed but vulnerable roadstead for the Navy’s mightiest, was on the other side of Ford Island. Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024 Container ships and oil tankers, waiting for a berth, are assigned a place to anchor in the roadstead off Long Beach and Huntington Harbor. Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021 The Anzio roadstead was thick with Allied ships, but the Germans owned the skies. Bartle Bull, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roadstead
Noun
  • The speaker can be recharged via a USB Type C port.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • An average of five ships have entered the port each day over the last week.
    Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • Crews in Baltimore were racing to contain the fuel spill that began at Johns Hopkins Hospital and spread over a mile to a marina in the city's harbor, prompting a coordinated response from local, state and federal agencies through the night and during Thursday morning.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
  • With its unique position overlooking the famous Piazzetta and harbor, the location has been retooled with Swarovski’s vibrant color palette for summer.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Coupes then get a split rear window—which harks back to Corvettes of old, while releasing hot air from the engine bay—plus new shoulder NACA intakes that directly feed the air box with cooler oxygen that even creates a ram air effect akin to mild supercharging.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, ArsTechnica, 30 May 2025
  • Dick’s House of Sport focuses on experiences, with in-store climbing walls, multiple golf hitting bays with TrackMan simulators, and a multi-sport cage that can be used for baseball, softball, lacrosse and soccer.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • South Island The South Island is renowned for its spectacular natural scenery from the golden beaches of the Abel Tasman to the fiords and mountains in the Southern Alps.
    Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2024
  • Inside the park, travelers can explore the 421-meter Doubtful Sound, New Zealand's deepest fiord, which is home to bottlenose dolphins, fur seals, and penguins, according to Tourism New Zealand.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2022
Noun
  • From June to October, this biodiverse estuary near Titusville comes alive with bioluminescence.
    Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Climate change and variability drive increasing exposure of marine heatwaves across US estuaries.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • For a 360-degree, bird’s-eye-view of all of Jupiter’s stunning waterways—from the inlet to the river systems to the crystal-clear Atlantic Ocean—make the climb to the top of the iconic Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 May 2025
  • Other live roaches were spotted inside water inlets on top of the water heater (five), inside a drip pan on the floor near the water heater (another five) and under a reach-in cooler (seven).
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025

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“Roadstead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roadstead. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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