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In time, entrepreneurs set up bigger tents, brought in pianos for merry-making and “good, clean, cheap fun, even on Saturday nights, when the stevedores, oil drillers, and sailors wandered in from Santa Monica …”

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2022

Where those dollars go: The cruise economy web extends further than you might think — restaurateurs, stevedores, shuttle drivers, private security firms, farmers who sell vast quantities of produce to provision ships, etc.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2021

Liverpool docks were once filled with the sound of horses' hooves, the commotion of emigrants leaving for a new life and the din of stevedores loading heavy goods on to vessels bound for the Atlantic.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2015

But when Heights Chateau opened in 1986, its stretch of Atlantic Avenue was known for dive bars serving stevedores, not well-lighted storefronts offering wine tastings.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2015

On her hands and knees, Sefia peered around the corner, her quick eyes picking out stevedores milling about on the decks and gangways.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee