Barbour
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He submitted his plans for an idea of floating piers that could become harbours to the War Office, and was personally selected by Churchill for the project, soon to become known as the Mulberry Harbours.
From BBC • May 31, 2024
In March 2022, Robert Bailey from the Clean Harbours Partnership noticed his local chalk stream, the River Lavant near Chichester, had become "discoloured for many miles and was starting to fill with a white plume".
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2023
Boaters will find full-service marinas and kayak rentals at Ganges and Fulford Harbours.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023
The result was the Mulberry Harbours, which were created by sinking outdated ships – dubbed "Corncobs" – and by installing large concrete structures or "Phoenixes."
From Fox News • Jun. 6, 2019
I'll not deny Some human weakness, to attract our love, Harbours in him, as in the rest of us.
From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini by Moses, Montrose Jonas
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