Sheerness
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Sheerness Port - which imports large numbers of cars and fresh fruit - does employ hundreds of people, yet it once employed thousands.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Meanwhile, consultations last year at sites in Plymouth, Derbyshire, Newcastle, Sheerness, and Wellingborough resulted in a decision to close them, the firm confirmed.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
The ship was destined for the Netherlands but, on the basis of information supplied by the NCA, specialist teams searched the vessel when it docked at Sheerness Port on 14 October.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2023
Six men - including a security guard - were arrested after 100 officers swooped at Sheerness port in the early hours of Monday.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2021
Sir Edward Banks, Knight, of Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, and Adelphi Terrace, Strand, Middlesex, whose remains are deposited in the family vault in this churchyard.
From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
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