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Recent Examples of wharf
This portrait was captured during a night dive beneath a busy fishing and ferry wharf in Sydney Harbour.
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Frisby Cellars stayed on the wharf, but moved into a larger space at the former Waterman’s Restaurant.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 3 July 2025
There, manu jumpers leap from bridges, wharves and diving platforms to make the giant splashes.
—Daehyun Choi, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
Doxiadis, who was retained by the Riverside Commission as the project's lead architect, released a final design for a plaza, parking garage and wharf, all of which would cost about $13.5 million to put up.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Mar. 2025
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Frisby Cellars stayed on the wharf, but moved into a larger space at the former Waterman’s Restaurant.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 3 July 2025
There, manu jumpers leap from bridges, wharves and diving platforms to make the giant splashes.
—Daehyun Choi, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
Doxiadis, who was retained by the Riverside Commission as the project's lead architect, released a final design for a plaza, parking garage and wharf, all of which would cost about $13.5 million to put up.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wharf
Noun
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Initially, the source was thought to be in an area between the football stadium and the high school’s dock area, but the gas utility determined that the leak was somewhere within the building.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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Another clip captures Sheela and Alexander, a writer and artist, standing together in their wedding attire at the end of a dock.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After calling ahead for a water taxi in Ischia Ponte, we were ferried over to Da Maria's pier, and then welcomed into the open-air dining room, which faces the Gulf of Naples.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Sep. 2025
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Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Seaports will have nearby seabed dredged and quays constructed to accommodate naval and transport vessels.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Then, as evening falls, locals gather with ice cream cones on the quay and the town glows in the hush of a Bornholm sunset.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Wharf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wharf. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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