as in wharf
a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers the boat remained tied up at the dock for a week, waiting for the weather to clear

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as in to land
to stop at or near a place along the shore the cruise ship docked at the first port of call early the next morning

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An extensive park with pools makes this an excellent choice for families, and private tours of the Borromeo Islands depart from the hotel’s boat dock. Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2025 The volunteers pulled out propane tanks and metal sheeting, dock remnants and crab traps. Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025
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SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, which had been docked at the ISS since September 2024, was chosen as their return vehicle. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025 That occurred early Sunday morning, when two NASA astronauts, a Japanese astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut who had docked on the ISS floated through a hatch to greet their colleagues. Joe Hernandez, NPR, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dock
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Noun
  • With his drone, Pan captured images of Space Launch complexes, military weapons bunkers, a payload processing facility and a submarine wharf, according to prosecutors.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The wharf has been closed off to the public since Monday’s high surf.
    Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
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  • Available on AirBnB, the home includes a private pier and boathouse and is one of the rentals with a top 5% rating.
    Sophie Liza Cannon, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The pillars of the massive pier have formed artificial vertical reefs underwater, and diving here almost feels like entering a science fiction world, with alien-like tree formations and coral growths blossoming out from the supports.
    Erik Trinidad, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
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  • On a dank quay beneath Paris’s Pont Alexandre III, a beauty moment of epic proportions was born.
    Jessica Diner, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
  • But security and logistical concerns — and an outcry from booksellers along the city’s picturesque quays — have led the government to progressively scale back its ambitions.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024

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“Dock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dock. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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