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as in anchorage
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as in securing
to put securely in place or in a desired position
moored the boat to the dock
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Recent Examples of mooring
Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 4 June 2024
California Power boat slams into Long Beach jetty, killing one and injuring 10 others
July 4, 2024
After leaving Alamitos Bay, the boat cruised past White Island, where the 12 friends were unable to get a mooring to sit and eat.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
Throughout this discussion, Roy's thesis is clear: the major religious movements of today -- Pentecostalism, Protestant evangelicalism, and Islamic Salafism -- are setting themselves free from their cultural moorings.
—Karen Barkey, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2011
Bounce houses have been known to be ripped from their moorings by wind, with tragic results.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2024
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Noun
The seaweed has damaged fishing gear and boat engines and blocked access to harbors and mooring sites.
—Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 4 June 2024
California Power boat slams into Long Beach jetty, killing one and injuring 10 others
July 4, 2024
After leaving Alamitos Bay, the boat cruised past White Island, where the 12 friends were unable to get a mooring to sit and eat.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
Throughout this discussion, Roy's thesis is clear: the major religious movements of today -- Pentecostalism, Protestant evangelicalism, and Islamic Salafism -- are setting themselves free from their cultural moorings.
—Karen Barkey, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2011
Bounce houses have been known to be ripped from their moorings by wind, with tragic results.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mooring
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Context: From 1960-2010, in the 50 years before Tad arrived, CU had been selected for five berths in the Big Dance — an average of once per decade.Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
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And in Tampa, those who chose not to join the exodus out of town were giving those piles of wrecked furniture and other household items a wide berth.NBC News, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
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More than a dozen container vessels are currently waiting in the port anchorage area of Freeport, Everstream Analytics data shows.Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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Mina Rashid will be transformed into a luxurious waterfront residential community, and anchorage points will be expanded across the emirate.Dubai Tourism Contributor, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
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The company acknowledges its dependence on generating future profitable operations and securing additional financing to meet future obligations.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Scientific Industries acknowledges the need for additional capital resources to continue as a going concern and is exploring options for securing such resources.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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We were led down to the heated bunkroom, and the lifeboat turned and pounded through the wild seas to the quiet water inside the bar and tied up at a dock.Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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On the Fourth of July 1906, he was found under a pile of lumber at the Alder Street dock.Meira Gebel, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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The billionaire’s vast business empire spans airports, mining, ports, cement, and power generation.Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Target’s bottom line also took a supply chain hit, as the company got a head start on bringing in inventory ahead of the East Coast port strike last month.Evan Clark, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
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Airbus has established a strong presence by building contracts and landing agreements in Asia and Africa, therefore allowing Boeing to catch up.Jim Osman, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Roku last spring landing rights to weekly Major League Baseball games.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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Sheer curtains cover the windows, which look out on the building next door rather than the wharf itself, and the theme is much more timeless elegance than nautical transportation.Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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The three-story red-brick box with a little blue door was built in the 1860s as workforce housing by the Atlantic Dock Company, which once ran the wharf nearby.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
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The teenager, later identified as Victor Enrique Castaneda Jr., was reported missing around 6 p.m. last Saturday near a jetty close to South Pointe Drive in Miami Beach.Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 17 Nov. 2024
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In 1970, a $1 million jetty was specially built on this newly reclaimed ground to receive US military scrap and surplus equipment from the Vietnam War.Zining Mok, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Mooring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mooring. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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