: a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place
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docked the ferry at the quay to let the passengers off
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Eighteen bedrooms are traditional, many with crown canopies and chintz, and some with spectacular harbor views over the tidal quay.
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Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
Since Salar al Khafaji and Sebastiaan Visser launched it in 2021, Monumental robots has built multiple projects for top contractors in the Netherlands, including the facades of free-standing villas, social housing units, industrial buildings, and quay walls.
—Megan Carnegie, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2024
At the Bank Hotel, a boutique hotel near the city's famous quay, sustainability was built into the hotel from the very beginning.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
In Hungary, the mayor of Budapest warned residents that the largest floods in a decade were expected to hit the capital later in the week, with the waters of the Danube River set to breach the city’s lower quays by Tuesday morning.
—Karel Janicek and Monika Scislowska, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
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Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
Since Salar al Khafaji and Sebastiaan Visser launched it in 2021, Monumental robots has built multiple projects for top contractors in the Netherlands, including the facades of free-standing villas, social housing units, industrial buildings, and quay walls.
—Megan Carnegie, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2024
At the Bank Hotel, a boutique hotel near the city's famous quay, sustainability was built into the hotel from the very beginning.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
In Hungary, the mayor of Budapest warned residents that the largest floods in a decade were expected to hit the capital later in the week, with the waters of the Danube River set to breach the city’s lower quays by Tuesday morning.
—Karel Janicek and Monika Scislowska, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Quay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quay. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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