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shipyard

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as in marina

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Recent Examples of shipyard The group also includes the head of human resources for Electric Boat, which has in recent years been hiring thousands of workers in southeastern Connecticut as the shipyard builds the latest class of submarines. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026 Built in 1961 to house shipyard workers after World War II, many of whom were African American, Golden Gate Village received a spot on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 According to Popovic, the Slovenian was made in 1913 in a shipyard in Budapest, Hungary, then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 Persona considered other form factors, like four legs (or even more), but determined a two-legged robot would be the least disruptive to existing shipyard rhythms. — Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shipyard

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Both cities have a variety of different hotels that range from budget-friendly to luxurious, including the Hampton Inn Channel Islands Harbor, which overlooks the marina and is minutes from the Island Packers ferry station.

— Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
There are elevators for the restaurants and rooms, but several staircases are required for accessing many spaces, including the split-level beach club and marina.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026

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When the 12-hour dockyard shifts were reduced to 10-hour, workers felt their already precarious standards of living threatened.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 24 Aug. 2026
The reason for its enduring success lies in the geography of English Harbour, where the dockyard was built.

— Duncan Madden, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Definition of dockyard

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Blue Harvest has charged captains and crew on its vessels for maintenance, electronics and wharfage fees, among other expenses.

— Will Sennott, ProPublica, 22 July 2022
Stimpson said last year that cruising, before the pandemic halted the industry, attracted around $6 million in annual gross revenues from wharfage and parking alone.

— al, al, 25 Feb. 2022

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