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shipyard

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as in marina

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Recent Examples of shipyard The French shipyard just launched a sailing catamaran for an owner who plans to cruise the world with their family. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026 Those traditions continue today with the historic Harland & Wolff shipyard playing a central role in building the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s new Fleet Solid Support ships. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026 News of a probe involving political contributions and federal contracts has some in a shipyard town raising questions about her influence. — Ian Ward, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026 The sky was still streaked with sunrise one recent morning when Senator Susan Collins arrived at Bath Iron Works, a naval shipyard in Midcoast Maine. — Emma Green, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shipyard

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Some of them were at berths in the locked marina, but others were at anchor.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Melwani took over the lease in 2006 from his father, who originally leased the marina in 1983.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026

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When the 12-hour dockyard shifts were reduced to 10-hour, workers felt their already precarious standards of living threatened.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 24 Aug. 2026
The reason for its enduring success lies in the geography of English Harbour, where the dockyard was built.

— Duncan Madden, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Definition of dockyard

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Blue Harvest has charged captains and crew on its vessels for maintenance, electronics and wharfage fees, among other expenses.

— Will Sennott, ProPublica, 22 July 2022
Stimpson said last year that cruising, before the pandemic halted the industry, attracted around $6 million in annual gross revenues from wharfage and parking alone.

— al, al, 25 Feb. 2022

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