loading bay
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Vic drove to the loading bay behind the Home Depot, and there was no one there.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025
The new site would have a drive-up loading bay, making it easier for larger items such as prams and cots to be lifted into a car or taxi.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025
The cemetery did not allow gatherings, so on a sweltering morning in early July, five of us said a few words over her in the loading bay behind the crematory, before her body went inside.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2021
Rehearsals take place outside on a loading bay attached to the Powerhouse, a former power plant near the Oxford square.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2020
We never knew the elementary school was helping us until their custodian drove up to the loading bay with the payload of his truck overflowing with chain.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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