wharves
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The port, with the help of federal and provincial funds, is spending 609 million Canadian dollars dredging the river and building new wharves.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025
It was a place transformed, with railroads and wharves running at capacity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2025
A neighborhood near the wharves is still known as the Irish Channel.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said in a statement on Wednesday that building climate-resilient wharves and establishing reliable and regular shipping services would help the prosperity and wellbeing of the people of Vanuatu.
From Reuters • Nov. 23, 2022
Only once or twice in a summer—on days of unendurable heat, teachers dismissed school, masters closed shops, and the boys ran down to the wharves to swim.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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